Mine detail: Silver Dyke Mine

Previously called 'Tungsten DikeExaminer'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.3166, -118.20095

Resource(M)

Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Silver, Gold
Tertiary: Molybdenum, Copper
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Magnetite, Pyrite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR SHOOTS AND PODS
Discovery year: 1915

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host type:Rhyolite
Associated type:Diorite
Structure:Numerous Ne Trending Faults Truncate Vein System In Many Places. Cross Faulting Related To Ore Control
Alteration processes:Hydrothermal, Hypogene Kaolinization, Albitization, Silicification

References

MRDSD001200
DEP10008798
Reference{Deposit:: LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.}{Deposit:: LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.}{Deposit:: KERR, 1936, THE TUNGSTEN MINERALIZATION AT SILVER DYKE, NEVADA: NEV. UNIV. BULL., VOL. 30, NO. 5.}{Deposit:: RONNIE, C. C., 1954 , REPORT ON THE SILVER DYKE MINE, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES FILE, UNPUB. REPORT.}{Deposit:: 1936 RECON NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULLETIN VOL. 30 , NO.}{Reserve-Resource:: KLEPPER, 1943 , UNPUBL. USGS REPORT}
ReporterElliott, James E., Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.), Mosier, Dan