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Dickey Prospect

Occurrence in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Alteration
  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. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047694
MRDS ID M243118
Record type Site
Current site name Dickey Prospect
Alternate or previous names Dickey V. Claim, NBMG Sample Site 3904, Overlaps Long Nel Patented Claim.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.10957, 39.47908 (WGS84)
Elevation 1405

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wonder Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019N 034E 25,26 SW (25); SE (26) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • WEST VICTOR AREA ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillization

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3904 SELECTED FROM ADIT/SHAFT VEIN MATERIAL CONTAINED 1.5% FE, 0.07% MG, 0.07% CA, 0.1% TI, 100 PPM MN, 100 PPM AG, 10 PPM B, 200 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 30 PPM CU, 200 PPM MO, 100 PPM PB, 30 PPM V, 70 PPM ZR, AND 0.05 PPM AU (BY AA ANALYSIS).

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Dickey Peak Rhyolite
    Rock description Dickey Peak Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.10957, 39.47908
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • E-W Structure Along Rhyolite/Andesite Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wonder District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Weber, Henry
    First year 1986
  • Type Owner
    Owner Brown, Archie B. And Julia A.
    Home office P.O. Box 196, Cave Junction, Or., 97523
    First year 1986

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 1 INCLINE AND 2 CUTS AT TIME OF SURVEY IN 1907; 2 LARGEST WORKINGS ON WEST SIDE OF CAMP. SIZE OF DUMPS SUGGESTS MORE THAN 200 FT OF WORKINGS.

Comments on development

  • M.S. #3076, NOT PATENTED (DICKY V.) BUT SPIDER, WASP, & LONG NEL WERE PATENTED. ERICKSON'S TREASURE HILL UNPATENTED CLAIMS (1979) COMPLETELY SURROUND THE UNPATENTED GROUND. SIZABLE WORKINGS-POSSIBLY PRODUCED SOME ORE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK & TINGLEY, J.V.

  • Deposit

    USDI, BLM, 1986, MINING CLAIM RECORDS

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C., 1947, UNPUB. REPORT ON CARSON SINK AREA, P. 63

  • Deposit

    CHURCHILL COUNTY RECORDER AND ASSESSOR, RECORDS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MOST WORKINGS FOLLOW AN E-W STRUCTURE ALONG A CONTACT BETWEEN DICKEY PEAK RHYOLITE AND AN ANDESITE. QUARTZ VEIN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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