1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Dean Mine

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Iron, Copper
Map
XML
JSON
KML
B

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044087
MRDS ID M231413
Record type Site
Current site name Dean Mine
Alternate or previous names Cumberland Mine
Related records 10310310

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.84761, 40.4274 (WGS84)
Elevation 2347
Relative position 17 MILES SOUTH OF TOWN OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN.
(click for info)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 030N;030N 045E;046E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON DEAN CANYON

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitic, Pyritic, Propylitic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.84761, 40.4274
ListMap

Geologic structures

Type Description Terms
Regional Roberts Mtns. Thrust At Depth
Local Laramide Faulting; Dean Mine Fault

Ore body information

  • Strike N-S
    Dip 50 TO 60W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures, Shears

Comments on the geologic information

  • AG IS SUBORDINATE TO GOLD

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lewis District

Comments on the production information

  • $5,000 TO $700,000 IN GOLD AND SILVER.

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY NUMEROUS ADITS, SHAFTS, AND OTHER WORKINGS SINCE THE 1890'S.

Comments on development

  • HISTORY PARALLELS HILLTOP DISTRICT

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M231413

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER CO., NEV.; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. BULL. 88 PT 2

  • Deposit

    YANDERBURG, W.O., 1939, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN LANDER CO., NEV.; USBM INFO CIRC. 7043

  • Deposit

    EMMONS, W.H., A RECONNAISSANCE OF SOME MINING CAMPS IN ELKO, LANDER, AND EUREKA COUNTIES, NEVADA 1910, USGS BULL 408.

  • Deposit

    GILLULY, J., AND GATES, O, 1965, TECTONIC AND IGNEOUS GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN SHOSHONE RANGE, NEVADA: SECTION ON E CON GEOL BY K.B. KETNER; USGS PROF PAPER 465

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE VEINS-MORNING STAR, PITTSBURG, AND CUMBERLAND VEINS.
Deposit THE HISTORY PARALLELS THAT OF THEADJACENT HILLTOP DISTRICT TO WHICH MINES ON SAME VEINS BELONG. DEVELOPED BY NUMEROUS ADITS, SHAFTS AND OTHER WORKINGS SINCE THE 1890'S. LESSEE C.B. LANCASTER WAS MINING ORE HERE IN 1938. 3 VEINS ON THE PROPERTY: MORNING STAR, PITTSBURG, AND CUMBERLAND VEINS PATENTED CLAIM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology