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Revision as of 05:30, 8 May 2024

The Dyke Mining District is located north of the east arm of the Black Rock Desert. Other names include Dyke Canyon, Florence and Boyd Basin.[1]

The Nevada King Mine is located near Dyke.[2][3]

"Boyd Basin district The Homer Verne mine was operated from April to November 1936 under lease and produced a small quantity of gold ore which was treated by amalgamation."[4]

In 2009, there was some prospecting in the area.[5]

References

  1. Joseph V. Tingley, "Mining Districts of Nevada," Report 47, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, 1998, 2nd Edition.
  2. "Antimony Deposits of Nevada," Edmond F. Lawrence, Nevada Bureau of Mines, 1963, number 61, p. 80.
  3. "Nevada King Mine," Western Mining History.
  4. "Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead and Zinc in Nevada," Charles White Merril and H. M. Gaylord. In Minerals Yearbook, U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1937, p. 450.
  5. "February 17, Golden Predator Reports on Initial Exploration at Dyke Canyon Project," February 2009.

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