| Deposit ID | 10045553 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M233320 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Gold Circle |
| Alternate or previous names | Gold Circle Group, Bam Gerger Group |
| Geographic coordinates: | -116.80956, 41.26406 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Elko(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Oregon Canyon(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Elko |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 039N | 046E | 17 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Result | SEE CARPER (1920) M. B. OF M. DISTRICT FILES |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite |
| (1) | -116.80956, 41.26406 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | North Trending Fault |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | NW |
| Dip | 87NE |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1910 |
| Year of first production | 1910 |
| District name | Gold Circle |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 24.38M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M233320 |
GRANGER A. E. ETAL(1957) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NV. NEV BUREAU OF MINES BULL 54
SMITH, R. M. (1976-56) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NV., NEV. BUREAR OF MINES, USGS OPEN-FILE RPT
CARPER A. F. (1920) REPORT ON BAMBERGER MINES CO., GOLD CIRCLE GROUP, N. B. OF M. MINING DIST. FILES.
EMMONS W. H. (1910) RECONNAISSANCE OF ELKO, LAUDER AND EUREKA CO., NEV., USGS BULL 408
SMITH, R. M. (1976)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | FISSURE VEINS IN ZONE OF CRUSHED FAULT GOUGE RHYOLITE CARRY NATIVE GOLD |
| Deposit | DEVELOPEMENT CONSISTS OF A 80 FT. DEEP SHAFT ON THE WEST VEIN, DRIFTS, AND SHORT ADITS. CARPER IN HIS REPORT HAS INCLUDED A CLAIM MAP, AND GEOLOGIC SKETCH MAP OF THE AREA ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1979 | Kirkham, Richard A. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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