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Miners Dream Mine

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
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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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044082
MRDS ID M231407
Record type Site
Current site name Miners Dream Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.81315, 40.42602 (WGS84)
Elevation 1853
Relative position 20 MILES SSE OF TOWN OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Lewis(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crescent Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 030N 046E 32,33 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN HILLTOP CANYON ONE MILE BELOW HILLTOP SITE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Calcite Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Strong

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.81315, 40.42602
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Roberts Mtns Thrust At Depth

Ore body information

  • Dip VERTICAL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hilltop District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • $5000 TO $100,000 WORTH OF AU AND AG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER CO., NEV: BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 88

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALSO, PLACER WORKINGS OCCUR IN THE CANYON BELOW THE MINE, WITH A PRODUCTION OF LESS THAN $5,000, CHIEFLY IN GOLD.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 La Pointe, D.D. 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

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.