Mine detail: Dreamland Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

40.8096, -118.65043

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Secondary:	Lead, Copper
Ore:	Argentite
Gangue:	Kaolinite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR, IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1906

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1908

Geology

Host type:	Rhyolite
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	E Trending Fault Breccia, Fissure Zones
Alteration processes:	Kaolinized, Pyritized

References

MRDS	M232547
DEP	10103998
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Royse, Sue E., La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.), Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)