Mine detail: Dee Gold Mine

Previously called 'Boulder Creek MineMain ZoneRidge ZoneNorth Extension'

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Location

Lat / long: 41.0324, -116.4276

Resource(B)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Tertiary: Antimony, Arsenic, Mercury, Thallium, Barium-Barite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Barite, Pyrite, Stibnite
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1980

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
Production years: 1984-PRESENT (3/92)
First production started: 1984

Geology

Host rock:Bootstrap Limestone;Carlin Formation
Host type:Clastic Sedimentary Rock,Carbonate
Associated rock:Vitric Tuff;Intermediate Dikes
Associated type:Tuff
Structure:Greybeck (1985) Proposes That Dee Is Located At The Leading Edge Of The Golconda Thrust And That Beds Exposed In The Dee Mine Pit Lie On The West Flank Of A Close To Tight N-Ne Trending Antiform., See Comments
Alteration processes:Silicification And Argillization Of Originally Calcareous Siltstones And Limestones Are The Dominant Alteration Effects. Where Mineralized, Intrusive Dikes Of Intermediate Composition Are Sericitized And Often Silicified.

References

MRDSM242256
DEP10047016
Reference{Deposit:: BONHAM, H.F., 1982, RESERVES, HOST ROCKS, AND AGES OF BULK-MINEABLE PRECIOUS METAL DEPOSITS IN NEVADA; NBMG OPEN-FILE REPORT 82-11.}{Deposit:: PAYDIRT, APRIL 1983, PG 27 A.}{Deposit:: DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1983.}{Deposit:: BONHAM, H.F., 1986, NBMG MAP 91.}{Deposit:: NBMG MI - 1986.}{Deposit:: MCFARLANE, D., 1992, GOLD PRODUCTION IN THE CARLIN TREND, IN BUFFA, R. AND COYNER, A., EDS., GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GREAT BASIN - FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOK COMPENDIUM, THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA, RENO, P. 841-843.}{Deposit:: ABBOTT, E., LAUX, D., KEITH, S., 1992, GEOCHEMISTRY AND ORE DEPOSITS - INFLUENCE OF MAGMA CHEMISTRY, IN BUFFA, R. AND COYNER, A., EDS., GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GREAT BASIN - FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOK COMPENDIUM, THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA, RENO, P. 568.}{Deposit:: BERGWALL, F., 1992, GEOLOGY OF THE DEE GOLD MINE, IN BUFFA, R. AND COYNER, A., EDS., GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GREAT BASIN - FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOK COMPENDIUM, THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA, RENO, P. 867.}{Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL/MONTAGU MINING FINANCE, MINING DATABASE, 8/10/91.}{Deposit:: BAGBY, W.C., PICKTHORN, W.J., AND GOLDFARB, R.J., 1985, PATHFINDER ELEMENTS IN SOILS OVER THE DEE DISSEMINATED GOLD DEPOSIT, ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA, IN KRAFFT, K., ED., USGS RESEARCH ON MINERAL RESOURCES-1985, PROGRAM AND ABSTRACTS, USGS CIRCULAR 949, P.1.}{Deposit:: GREYBECK, J.D., 1985, GEOLOGY OF THE DEE MINE AREA, ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA, UNPUBLISHED M.S. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO.}{Deposit:: JONES, R., 1989, CARLIN TREND GOLD BELT: THE GEOLOGY, MINING MAGAZINE, VOL. 161, NO. 4, P. 256-261.}{Deposit:: THORSTAD, L., 1989, CARLIN TREND GOLD BELT: THE PRODUCERS, MINING MAGAZINE, VOL. 161, NO. 4, P. 263-267.}{Deposit:: ELLIS, R., 1987, THE DEE GOLD MINE, GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA 1987 FALL FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOK, SPECIAL PUBLICATION NO. 6, P. B23-B26.}{Deposit:: NBMG, 1991, THE NEVADA MINERAL INDUSTRY 1990, NBMG SPECIAL PUBLICATION MI-1990.}{Deposit:: NBMG, 1994, MI-1993}{Deposit:: NEVADA DIVISION OF MINERALS,1994}{Production:: DIVISION OF MINE INSPECTION, 1983, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1983. MCFARLANE, D., 1992, GOLD PRODUCTION IN THE CARLIN TREND, IN BUFFA, R. AND COYNER, A., EDS., GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GREAT BASIN - FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOK COMPENDIUM, THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA, RENO, P. 841-843. MINING JOURNAL/MONTAGU MINING FINANCE, MINING DATABASE, 8/10/91. NBMG, 1991, THE NEVADA MINERAL INDUSTRY 1990, NBMG SPECIAL PUBLICATION MI-1990. NBMG MI-1993}
ReporterTingley, J.V., La Pointe, D.D., Phinisey, J. D. (Marcus, S.), Li, Zhiping (Moyer, Lorre A.)