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Lime Dyke Claims

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044205
MRDS ID M231572
Record type Site
Current site name Lime Dyke Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.82205, 38.97548 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position NORTH SIDE OF GERMANY CANYON; NEAR THE MOUTH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ellsworth(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013N 037E 21 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Iron Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE ASSAYED 10.7-12 % PB
Result 9.5-11.8 OZ/T AG
Result 0.34-0.9 OZ/T AU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.82205, 38.97548
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N25W
    Dip STEEPLY W
    Length 121.92M
    Width 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • No Information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Ellsworth District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Homer France, Barney O'Dell And Manford Minick, On A Partnership Basis
    Home office Gabbs
    First year 1945
  • Type Owner
    Owner Manford Minick
    First year 1945

Production statistics

  • Year 1945
    Period To 1945
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Assayed 0.53 Oz Au, 11.0 Oz Ag, 10.6% Pb, 2.2% Zn Per Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Zinc Zinc 2wt-pct
    Ore Lead Lead 11wt-pct
    Major Ore Silver Silver 311g/mt
    Minor Ore Gold Gold 15g/mt

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 100 FT ADIT CONNECTED TO A 60 FT SHAFT. SHAFT ON RIDGE HITS ORE FISSURE AT 25 FT DEPTH, WHERE A 15-FT DRIFT FOLLOWS IT TO THE SE. 100 FT NW OF THE SHAFT IS A TUNNEL 50 FT LONG ALONG THE ORE FISSURE.

Comments on development

  • MINE WAS BEING WORKED BY HAND-DRILLING AND HAND-SORTING OF ORE IN 1945.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 109

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG FILE 238, ITEM 5

  • Production

    KRAL, 1951, P. 109

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE FISSURE-REPLACEMENT VEIN 2 IN.- 1 FT. WIDE, TRACEABLE ON SURFACE FOR AT LEAST 400 FT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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