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Pedro Goff Mine

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103942
MRDS ID M231368
Record type Site
Current site name Pedro Goff Mine
Alternate or previous names Goff Mine, Daley Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.03427, 40.61518 (WGS84)
Elevation 1692
Relative position 7 MILES WSW OF TOWN OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 032N 044E 28,29 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 400 FT. N. OF THE CHASE SHAFT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels
    Rock unit name Harmony Formation
    Rock description Harmony Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.03427, 40.61518
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Geologic structures

Type Description Terms
Regional Dewitt Thrust Fault
Local N-, Nw; And Ne-Trending Faults; Pebble Dike

Ore body information

  • General form BALNKET TO IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zones

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1937

Mining district

District name Battle Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FROM 1937 TO 1954 WAS 218.4 TONS ORE, AVERAGING 0.006 OZ/TON AU; 0.25 OZ/TON AG; 3.88% CU; AND HAVING A TOTAL VALUE OF $2594.43

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 30.48M
    Overall depth 19.51M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, DRIFT

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M231368

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R.J. AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. PROF PAPER 459-

  • Production

    ROBERTS, R.J. ARNOLD D.C., 1965

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SECONDARY ENRICHMENT
Deposit WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 64-FT DEEP SHAFT WITH A 100-FT DRIFT TO THE NORTH. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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