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Gila Monster Mine

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044617
MRDS ID M232150
Record type Site
Current site name Gila Monster Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.28452, 37.24134 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position EAST OF GOLD MOUNTAIN; 1.8 MILES EAST OF WILLOW SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Last Chance Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Death Valley-Lower Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008S 042E Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.28452, 37.24134
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E-W
    Dip 45N
    Width 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1905

Mining district

District name Tokop District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Butte Gold Mining And Reduction Co.
    First year 1907

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 400 FT TUNNEL, A 100 FT SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, F.L., 1907, PRELIMINARY ACCOUNT OF GOLDFIELD, BULLFROG, AND OTHER MINING DISTRICTS IN SOUTHERN NEVADA: USGS BULL. 303, P. 83

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-81 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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