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Mohawk Mine

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Bismuth, Copper, Antimony
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044571
MRDS ID M232069
Record type Site
Current site name Mohawk Mine
Alternate or previous names Mohawk Shaft, Frances-Mohawk Shaft, Upper Curtis Shaft, Truett Shaft, Mohawk No. 1 Shaft, Hayes-Monnette No. 1 and No. 2 Shafts, Mackenzie Shaft, Oddie Shaft, Begole Shaft, Kalfus Shaft, Curtis No. 1 Shaft, Mcnaughton Shaft, Rickard No. 1 and No. 2 Shaft, Incline Shaft, Mohawk No. 2 Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.2198, 37.71606 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Relative position 0.79 MILES S-SE OF COLUMBIA MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002S 042E 36 NE4 OF SW4 OF SW4 Nevada

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bismuthinite Ore
Famatinite Ore
Gold Ore
Marcasite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1933-ASSAYS OF RICH ORE GAVE 541 OZ/TON AU, 0.25% AG, 2.42% TE, 0.35% BI.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.2198, 37.71606
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N5E
    Dip 30-45E
    Length 365.76M
    Width 15.24M
    Depth to top 74.68M
    Depth to bottom 182.88M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1906
Discoverer Hayes-Monnette Lease
Year of first production 1906

Mining district

District name Goldfield District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Goldfield Consolidated Mines Co..

Comments on the production information

  • AN ADDITIONAL $3,910,430 NET WAS PRODUCED BY LESSEES FROM 1906-1907, THE TONNAGE IS UNKNOWN.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 17.09HA
    Length 3369.56M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A TOTAL OF 3,140 FT OF SHAFTS, 2,170 FEET OF DRIFTS, 3,715 FEET OF CROSSCUTS, 1,565 FEET OF RAISES, AND 465 FEET OF WINZES.

Comments on development

  • ORE WAS DISCOVERED AT A DEPTH OF 250 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, F.L., 1909, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOLDFIELD, NEVADA: USGS PP 66, P. 204-209.

  • Deposit

    MOUNT, PRISCILLA, 1964, BISMUTH IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 65, P. 78.

  • Production

    RANSOME, 1909, P. 204.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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