Golden Chariot Claim

Past 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045544
MRDS ID M233311
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Chariot Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.77288, 41.22796 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)

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 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) -116.77288, 41.22796

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N10W
    Dip 70NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • ALONG THE VEIN THE RHYOLITE IS HIGHLY SHATTERED AND FE-STAINED, AT THE BOTTOM OF ONE PIT THERE IS A STREAK OF SOFT ALTERRED RHYOLITE, MN-OXIDE, AND HYDROUS SILICA W/ NUMBEROUS FLAKES OF FREE GOLD.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Gold Circle

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ROTT E. H. (1931) ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GOLD CIRCLE DISTRICT NEV, NEV. BUREAR OF MINES BULL. 12

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN ALONG WHICH RHYOLITE IS HIGHLY SHATTERED & IRON-STAINED AND BEARS FREE-GOLD
Deposit THE CLAIM IS LOCATED ONE MILE SOUTHEAST OF THE ST. PAUL MINE. THREE PITS ARE SUNK ON THE GIBSON LODE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-79 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.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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