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Dollar Mine

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Antimony, Copper, Silver
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044247
MRDS ID M231622
Record type Site
Current site name Dollar Mine
Alternate or previous names Schapal, Silver Top Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.23592, 38.63965 (WGS84)
Elevation 2097
Relative position 0.5 MILE ABOVE THE MOUTH OF BOYD CANYON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pablo Canyon Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky 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 009N 042E 14 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Antimony Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result AN ORE SAMPLE FROM A 14 IN VEIN ASSAYED 0.6% SB.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Calc-Silicate Schist
    Rock unit name Palmetto Formation
    Rock description Palmetto Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.23592, 38.63965
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Bedrock Strikes N 70-85 W, Dip 70 Sw.

Ore body information

  • General form SINGLE CRYSTALS, BLEBS, SMALL PODS
    Strike N 55 W
    Dip 75-80 NE
    Width 0.46M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • No Information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Jett District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Herman Schapals Of Round Mountain
    First year 1957

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO ADITS ABOUT 200 FT LONG, A SHORT ADIT, AND A 30 FT INCLINE SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 85

  • Deposit

    LAWRENCE, E.F., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 61, P. 138.

  • 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.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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