Deposit ID | 10104122 |
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MRDS ID | M242277 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Goldfield Consolidated Mines Co. |
Alternate or previous names | Claims: Jumbo, Mohawk No. 1 and No. 2, Combination, Combination No. 2 and No. 3, January, February, Hazel Queen, Rustler Fraction, Slim Jim Fraction, Goldwedge, Lucky Boy, Red Top, Grizzly Bear, Clermont, Vinegorone, Miss Jessie, Laguna, Last Chance, Golconda, Wonder, Goldstone, Mammoth, Red Boy. |
Related records | 10173919 |
Geographic coordinates: | -117.22508, 37.71245 (WGS84) |
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Elevation | 1737 |
Relative position | EXTENDING FROM THE BASE OF COLUMBIA MOUNTAIN SOUTH FOR OVER A MILE |
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Country | State | County |
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United States | Nevada | Esmeralda |
Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
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Mount Diablo | 002S;003S | 042E;042E | 35,36;01,02 | Nevada |
Commodity | Importance |
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Gold | Primary |
Silver | Secondary |
Copper | Secondary |
Aluminum | Tertiary |
Potassium | Tertiary |
Tellurium | Tertiary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Alunite | Ore |
Gold | Ore |
Silver | Ore |
Result | LIMITED X-RAY, THIN SECTION AND CHEM DATA SUGGEST GREAT HETER GENEITY AND LOW ALUNITE TENOR EXCEPT LOCALLY. |
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Host or associated | Host | ||||||||
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Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite | ||||||||
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Host or associated | Host | ||||||||
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Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite | ||||||||
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(1) | -117.22508, 37.71245 |
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General form | TABULAR TO IRREGULAR |
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Strike | N-S |
Dip | 45 E NEAR SURFACE; 20 E AT DEPTH |
Depth to bottom | 411.48M |
Width | 54.86M |
General form | TABULAR TO IRREGULAR |
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Strike | N-S |
Dip | 45 E NEAR SURFACE; 20 E AT DEPTH |
Development status | Past Producer |
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Commodity type | Both metallic and non-metallic |
Deposit size | Medium |
Significant | No |
Discovery year | 1903 |
Discoverer | Charles Taylor Of Tonopah, Grubstaked By George Kernick And George E. Mcclelland. |
District name | Goldfield District |
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Ownership category | Private |
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Type | Owner |
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Owner | Noranda |
Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
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Estimate year | 1980 | ||||||||||||||
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Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M242277 |
RANSOME, F.L., 1909, USGS P. P. 66, P. 245.
SHAMBERGER, H.A., 1982, THE STORY OF GOLDFIELD; NEVADA HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRES, CARSON CITY, NV, 240 P.
NBMG REPORT 33, P. 77-86
NESBITT, MARK, 1941, "TREATING THE GOLDFIELD CONSOLIDATED TAILINGS", UNPUBLISHED REPORT, NBMG FILE 91, ITEM 4.
NBMG REPORT 19, P. 49-66.
3RD ANNUAL REPORT OF GOLDFIELD CONS. MIN. CO., 1909, NBMG FILE 91, ITEM 21.
THE MINING RECORD, SEPT. 10, 1980
NEV. MINING ASSOC. BULL., AUG., 1980.
PAY DIRT, APRIL 1981
WEED, W.H., ED., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XV. P. 1209-1210.
11) GARSIDE, L.J., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 10 JUL 82
(11) ASHLEY, R. P. AND ALBERS, J.P., 1975, USGS PP 843-A, P. A10-A12.
(12) HARVEY, R. D. AND VITALIANO, C. J. J., 1964, WALLROCK ALTERATION IN THE GOLDFISH DISTRICT, NEVADA: JOUR. GEOLOGY, VOL 72, NO. 5, P. 564-579.
(13) JENSEN, M. L., ASHLEY, R. P. AND ALBERS, J. P., 1971, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SULFATES AT GOLDFIELD, NEVADA: ECON GEOL, VOL 66, P. 618-626.
NBMG, 1994, MI-1993
NEVADA DIVISION OF MINERALS, 1994
AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1994
SHAM BERGER, H.A., 1982P. 200. NESBITT, MARK, 1941. NBMG MI-1993
NBMG MI-1993
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | PACIFIC GOLD AND URANIUM INC. IN JOINT VENTURE WITH NORANDA EXPLORATION INC. WAS EXPLORING THE MAIN GOLDFIELD DISTRICT IN 1980 WITH 151 DRILL HOLES TO 100-FT DEPTH WHICH INDICATED PRESENCE OF 500,000 TONS OF ORE CONTAINING 0.07 OZ/TON AU PROVEN RESERVES. PACIFIC GOLD ALSO GRANTED A SUBLEASE TO ANOTHER PARTY TO REOPEN THE MOHAWK NO. 2 MINE WHICH WAS IN INITIAL STAGES OF PRODUCTION IN 1980. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV |
Deposit | GOLDFIELD CONSOLIDATED MAIN VEIN. QUARTZ AND ALUNITE MAKE UP THE INNERMOST OF 3 ZONES OF ALTERATION WHICH FLANK THE ORE VEIN SYSTEM. RANSOME (1909) STATES THAT ALUNITE OCCURS IN PRACTICALLY ALL OF THE MORENA RHYOLITE, IN THE RHYOLITE AROUND VINDICATOR MOUNTAIN, IN THE DACITE AND ANDESITE OF PREBLE MOUNTAIN, AND ELSEWHERE. HE WAS THE FIRST TO POINT OUT THE IMPORTANCE OF ALUNITE IN THE ALTEREDROCK, AMPLIFIED BY HARVEY AND VITALIANO,(1964),AND BY ASHLEY AND ALBERS (1975). |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 01-AUG-1982 | La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
Updater | 06-NOV-1992 | Li, Zhiping (Moyer, Lorre A.) | U.S. Geological Survey | CHECKED AND MODIFIED ROCK TYPE, ROCK UNIT AND AGES FIELDS. |
Editor | 01-SEP-1994 | Mosier, Dan | U.S. Geological Survey |