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Dixon

Occurrence in Carson City county in Nevada, United States with commodities Tungsten, Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043765
MRDS ID M231045
Record type Site
Current site name Dixon
Alternate or previous names Dixon Brothers

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.61572, 39.17101 (WGS84)
Relative position 4.5 MILES SOUTH OF DAYTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Carson City(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dayton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Carson(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Carson City

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015N 021E 15 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Manganese Critical Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 156
USGS model code 25g
Deposit model name Epithermal Mn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.61572, 39.17101
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciated Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Delaware

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • VEINLETS OF TUNGSTEN-BEARING MANGANESE OXIDE OCCUR IN A BRECCIATED AND INTENSELY SILICIFIED RHYOLITE TUFF

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOORE, J.G., GEOL & MIN RESOURCES, LYON, DOUGLAS, ORMSBY CO, NW, NBMG BULL 75, 1969

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP MR-25

  • Deposit

    LEMMON D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD HAS BEEN REVISED TO INCLUDE INFORMATION FROM RECORD NUBMER D001249, WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Elliot, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1979 Tingley, J. V. And Maningas, M. (Marcus, S.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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