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Gold Hill Mine

Past Producer in Nye 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. 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. Ownership information
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044334
MRDS ID M231734
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Hill Mine
Alternate or previous names Ramshorn Property, America Group, Gold Hill Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.05175, 38.77243 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position ABOUT 2 MILES WEST OF THE WILLOW CREEK MOUTH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carvers SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Big Smoky Valley(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011N 044E 33 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result AU:AG RATIO OF ORE ABOUT 1:6

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.05175, 38.77243
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Ore Is Cut By Faults Of Little Or No Displacement Atthe West End.

Ore body information

  • Strike E-W
    Dip STEEP
    Length 327.66M
    Width 121.92M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein Zone Consists Of Crushed Quartz And Gouge Indicating Fault Zone.

Comments on the geologic information

  • 2 PERIODS OF VEIN FORMATION WITH THE MORE RECENT ONES BEING RICHER

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1910

Mining district

District name Round Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Thomas F. Cole

Comments on the production information

  • APPROXIMATELY $1,000,000 WAS PRODUCED TO 1941.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF THE 900 FT GOLD HILL SHAFT, THE 300 FT TOQUIMA SHAFT AND 3840 FT OF LATERAL WORKINGS IN 1931, WITH OTHER WORKINGS AS WELL.

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY CONSISTS OF ABOUT 14 CLAIMS COVERING 238 ACRES. IN 1930 TONOPAH MINING CO. AND TONOPAH BELMONT DEVELOPMENT CO PURCHASED AND EXPLORED THE GROUND. THEY SANK A 500-FT SHAFT AND BUILT A MILL THAT PRODUCED $770,000 FROM 94500 TONS ORE FROM 1930 TO 1933. T.F. COLE PURCHASED IT IN 1934, AFTER WHICH LESSEES PRODUCED $217000 FROM 1934 TO 1951.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

  • Deposit

    GARREY, G. H., 1931, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE PROPERTIES OF THE GOLD HILL DEVELOPMENT CO, ROUND MOUNTAIN, NYE CO:NBMG FILE-247, ITEM 21.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PARALLEL AND BRANCHING VEINS CONVERGE AND CROSS IN A 400-FT WIDE VEIN ZONE. NOS 1 AND 2 SOUTH VEINS,SILVER VEIN, GOLD HILL VEIN, VOLCANO VEIN, NORTH VEIN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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