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Brothers Gold Group

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044385
MRDS ID M231795
Record type Site
Current site name Brothers Gold Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.32315, 38.99325 (WGS84)
Elevation 2573
Relative position ON THE RIDGE BETWEEN NEW YORK AND MOHAWK CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

South Toiyabe Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Reese(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013N 041E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result 1948-A TRENCH SAMPLE CONTAIN $12.50 PER TON IN GOLD.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.32315, 38.99325
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Golconda Thrust Plate

Controls for ore emplacement

  • In A Silicified Breccia Zone.

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE SILICIFIED ZONE IS 85 FT WIDE AND 300 FT LONG BRECCIA MAY BE INTRAFORMATIONAL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Twin River District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Meyer, Philip And Louis
    Home office Austin
    First year 1951
  • Type Operator
    Owner Meyer, Philip And Louis
    Home office Tonopah
    First year 1951
  • Type Owner
    Owner Thomas, W. H.
    Home office Tonopah
    First year 1951
  • Type Operator
    Owner Thomas, W. H.
    Home office Tonopah
    First year 1951

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN 80 FT ADIT, A 40 FT ADIT, AND A 32 FT TRENCH.

Comments on development

  • EXPLORED IN 1948 BY HOMER BLACK OF RENO FOR POTENTIAL LARGE-TONNAGE OPERATION. INACTIVE IN 1964

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL 50, P. 186.

  • 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.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 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

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