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Gold Summit Mine

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044937
MRDS ID M232578
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Summit Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.64068, 40.76711 (WGS84)
Elevation 2173
Relative position 14 1/2 MILES SSE OF WINNEMUCCA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sonoma Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower 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 033N 039E 06 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN SADDLE AT HEAD OF BACON CANYON

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.64068, 40.76711
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • NARROW QUARTZ VEINS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1906

Mining district

District name Washiki District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • UNKNOWN AMOUNT

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS, PITS

Comments on development

  • WORKED INTERMITTENTLY, 1906-1942

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M. G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 89

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOLD MINES IN THE WASHIKI DISTRICT (MOSTLY IN PERSHING CO.) WERE DISCOVERED IN 1906 AND WORKED INTERMITTENTLY UNTIL 1942. DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF A FEW SHAFTS AND PITS FROM WHICH ORE WAS MINED BY HAND ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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