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Golden Era Group

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper, Arsenic, Antimony, Bismuth
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043956
MRDS ID M231265
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Era Group
Alternate or previous names Good Chance, Snow Group, NBMG Sample Site 2364

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.05983, 40.64351 (WGS84)
Elevation 1640
Relative position 6 MILES WNW OF THE TOWN OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Snow Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 032N 044E 18 CENTER OF NE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • S. SIDE SNOW GULCH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Jarosite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Pyritic

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2364 OF SELECT SULFIDE ORE AND GOSSAN FROM THE DUMP CONTAINS 20 % FE, 0.1 % MG, 0.05 % CA, 0.15 % TI, 15 PP-M MN, 150 PPM AG, +10000 PPM AS, 50 PPM B, 150 PPM BA, +1000 P-PM BI, 100 PPM CO, 10 PPM CR,3000 PPM CU, 10 PPM MO, 10 PPM NI-, 5000 PPM PB, 1000 PPM SB, 5 PPM SC, 200 PPM SR, 30 PPM V, 10-PPM Y, 30 PPM ZR.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Harmony Formation
    Rock description Harmony Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.05983, 40.64351
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description N-Trending Fault Zone; Pebble Dike

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N10-25E
    Dip 75-85 NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • 1-3-FT. WIDE PEBBLE DIKE INTRUDES FAULT ZONE WHICH IS MINERALIZED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1908
Year of first production 1908

Mining district

District name Battle Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 387.1M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, ADIT, DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS, RAISES (SINCE 1938). OLDER WORKINGS ARE INACCESSIBLE. MODERATE-SIZED DUMP, NEARBY ROTARY DRILLING (1984)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHEAR ZONE.. ARSENOPYRITE AND CHALCOCITE OCCUR WITH SPOTTY QUARTZ AND LIMONITE GOSSAN IN DUMP SAMPLES.
Deposit OLD WORKINGS ARE INACCESSIBLE, BUT THE WORKINGS SINCE 1938 INCLUDE A 200-FT. INCLINED SHAFT, A MAIN ADIT LEVEL 850 FT. LONG; 180 FT. OF DRIFTS 90 FT. OF CROSS CUTS AND 150 FEET OF RAISES CONNECTING TWO SUBLEVELS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Flynn, Patricia Dodd Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-JUL-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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