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Gold Hill

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037304
MRDS ID M031272
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Hill
Alternate or previous names Part of the Summit Group
Related records 10247204

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.36474, 39.09244 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Windy Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spring-Steptoe Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
14N 68E 08 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.36474, 39.09244
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fractures

Ore body information

  • Strike N10E
    Dip 45NW

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE QUARTZITE IN LONGEST TUNNEL IS GENERALLY MASSIVE BEDDED AND CONTAINS SEVERAL CLAY SEAMS AND FRACTURED ZONES ABOUT 6 INCHES IN WIDTH. IN SMALLER TUNNEL THERE IS EXPOSED A BROAD ZONE OF FRACTURED AND BRECCIATED ROCK WHOSE LIMITS ARE NOT KNOWN. THE SMALLER TUNNEL STRIKES S 60 DEG W WITH A DRIFT TO THE SOUTH FROM THE FACE OF THE TUNNEL ABOUT 100 FT LONG.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Osceola

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 155.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO TUNNELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WEEKS, F.B., 1908 GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE OSCEOLA MINING DISTRICT, WHITE PINE CO., NEV, U.S. GEO BULL. 340

  • Deposit

    HOSE, R.K., BLAKE, M.C., JR.,AND SMITH, R.M.,1976, NBMG BULL 85, P. 60-62.

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W.O., 1936, NBMG BULL 27, P. 167-173.

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1973, USGS BULL 1356, P. 93-95.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1983, MILS DATA

  • Deposit

    TERRADATA, 1980, A MINERAL INVENTORY OF THE SCHELL RESOURCE AREA, ELY DISTRICT, NEVADA: PREPARED FOR THE BLM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1979 Giorgi, Albert John (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1983 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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