| Deposit ID | 10103998 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M232547 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Dreamland Mine |
| Related records | 10125467 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.65043, 40.8096 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | NEAR ROSEBUD PEAK, SOUTH SIDE |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Pershing |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 034N | 030E | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Argentite | Ore |
| Kaolinite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 150 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 25c |
| Deposit model name | Epithermal vein, Comstock |
| Mark3 model number | 16 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite |
| (1) | -118.65043, 40.8096 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | E Trending Fault Breccia, Fissure Zones |
| General form | TABULAR, IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N70E |
| Dip | 90 |
| Thickness | 0.3M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1906 |
| Year of first production | 1908 |
| District name | Rosebud District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M232547 |
JOHNSON M.G., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL89.
RANSOME, 1909, MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA; USGS BULL.414.
QUADE, JACK, 2 SEP 84, FIELD EXAMINATION OF DISTRICT
NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE 292, CLIPPINGS
NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.
| 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 |
| 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 |
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