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Gold Trail Group

Past Producer in Churchill 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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045372
MRDS ID M233082
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Trail Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.77206, 39.20798 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Location accuracy 50(meters)
Relative position 20m To One Adit Of Workings

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buffalo Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie 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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016N 037E 36 W2 OF W2 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON W. FLANK OF DESA TOYA MOUNTAINS ABOUT 2 MILES W. OF THE E. BOUNDARY OF CHURCHILL COUNTY. 4 MILES NE OF BUFFALO HUMP MINE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Clay, Sericite, Iron-Stain

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.77206, 39.20798
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description W-Dipping Normal Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault (Ne-Trending)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Fred & Cleo Erb Located Claims

Mining district

District name Eastgate District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Erb, Fred And Cleo
    Home office Fallon, Nv.
    First year 1974

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL INCLINED SHAFTS, SOME TRENCHES, SHALLOW PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., AND R.C. SPEED, 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 83

  • Deposit

    MILS, 1979, USBM.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LARGE NORMAL FAULT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-81 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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