Esmeralda

Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045543
MRDS ID M233310
Record type Site
Current site name Esmeralda
Alternate or previous names Buena

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.76955, 41.21823 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Midas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tuscarora(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rock(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 Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 039N 046E 27,34 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.76955, 41.21823

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Dip 76SW
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN OCCUPIES ZONE OF SHATTERED RHYOLITE W/ LOW GRADE ORE FOUND IN A 3FT. WIOE ZONE, AND POCKETS OF STRONGLY MINERALIZED FE-STAINED RHYOLITE W/ HIGH GRADES OF GOLD

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1910
Year of first production 1910

Mining district

District name Gold Circle

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner M. And K, Inc.
    First year 1980
  • Type Owner
    Owner M. And K Inc
    First year 1980

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHALLOW SHAFTS IN 1910

Comments on development

  • LISTED AS AN ACTIVE UNDER GROUND MINE IN 1980, EMPLOYING 3 PERSONS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRANGER A. E. ETAL (1957) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV., NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL 54

  • Deposit

    EMMONS W. H. (1910) RECONNAISSANCE OF ELKO, EUREKA, & LANDER CO. NEV., USGS BULL 408.

  • Deposit

    STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, 1981, DIRECTORY OF MINING OPERATIONS IN NEVADA, ACTIVE IN 1980

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN OCCUPYING Z0NE OF SHATTERED RHYOLITE
Deposit DEVELOPED CONSISTED OF TWO SHALLOW SHAFTS IN 1910. THE LODE IS LOCATED 3,500 FT. SOUTH OF THE GOLDEN CHARIOT CLAIM ACTIVE IN 1980 AS AN UNDERGROUND MINE EMPLOYING 3 PERSONS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

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