Dreamland Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103998
MRDS ID M232547
Record type Site
Current site name Dreamland Mine
Related records 10125467

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.65043, 40.8096 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR ROSEBUD PEAK, SOUTH SIDE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sulphur(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 034N 030E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EAST OF THE BROWN PALACE MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Kaolinite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Kaolinized, Pyritized

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.65043, 40.8096

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description E Trending Fault Breccia, Fissure Zones

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, IRREGULAR
    Strike N70E
    Dip 90
    Thickness 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Kaolinized Fault Breccia & Fissure Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN HAS A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 1 FOOT, BUT IS IRREGULAR AND SPLITS INTO STRINGERS IN SOME PLACES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1906
Year of first production 1908

Mining district

District name Rosebud District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION IS FOR THE ENTIRE DISTRICT.

Comments on development

  • ONE OF THE DISTRICT'S MORE CONSISTENT PRODUCERS, FROM 1908 TO 1947. NO ACTIVITY IN 1984

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON M.G., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL89.

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, 1909, MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA; USGS BULL.414.

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 2 SEP 84, FIELD EXAMINATION OF DISTRICT

  • Deposit

    NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE 292, CLIPPINGS

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF VERTICAL SHAFT WITH DRIFTS. SILVER-GOLD ORE WAS DISCOVERED IN 1906 NEAR ROSEBUD PEAK. HOWEVER THERE WAS NO SHIPMENT OF ORE UNTIL 1908, FROM THE DREAMLAND CLAIM. FROM 1908 TO 1947 THE MINES IN THE DISTRICT YEARLY PRODUCED SMALL AMOUNTS OF GOLD AND SILVER WITH SOME COPPER AND LEAD. THE DREAMLAND WWAS ONE OF THE MORE CONSISTENT PRODUCERS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-APR-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

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