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Gold Point Mine Southern Workings

Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Tungsten
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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 10045697
MRDS ID M233490
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Point Mine Southern Workings
Alternate or previous names Gold-Bearing Ledge Group Nos.1-15, Gold-Bearing Fraction No. 1, Gold-Bearing Fraction-Gold Coin No 1,, Gold Coin No.2.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.36531, 38.81355 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 0.3 MILE N. OF U.S. HIGHWAY 6; 4.6 MILES WEST OF CURRANT SUMMIT., 250m To Area Of Many Workings

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Currant Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Duckwater(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hot Creek-Railroad Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011N 059E 17 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON JEEP-TRAIL 1/2 MILE W. OF HWY 6 AND 1 MILE W OF CURRANT CAMPGROUND ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Jasper Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Jasperoidization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Silverspring Stock
    Rock description Silverspring Stock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Joana Limestone;Chainman Shale
    Rock description Joana Limestone;Chainman Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.36531, 38.81355
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thrust Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description Currant Summit Fault

Ore body information

  • General form VUGS, VEINLETS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Igneous Contact; Brecciated Zone At Faulted Se End Of Jasperoid Belt; Fractures In Jasperized Material.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1914

Mining district

District name Currant District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gold Crown Ventures
    First year 1981
  • Type Owner
    Owner Gail Schmardebeck.
    First year 1981

Comments on the production information

  • A FEW CARLOADS OF ORE WERE PRODUCED

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, CROSSCUT, SHORT ADIT; UPPER & LOWER ADITS

Comments on development

  • 18 UNPATENTED CLAIMS (AS OF 1956).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    "HAZARDOUS SURFACE OPENINGS TO ABANDONED UNDERGROUND MINES-NEVADA" USDI-BM, PREPARED BY INTERNATIONAL MINING CONSULTANTS, INC. CONTRACT #J0295039.

  • Deposit

    LUMSDEN, W.W., JR., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHERN WHITE PINE RANGE AND NORTHERN HORSE RANGE, NEV:, UCLA PH. D. THESIS, 249 P.

  • Deposit

    WIRE, J.C., 1961, GEOLOGY OF THE CURRANT CREEK DISTRICT, NYE AND WHITE PINE COUNTIES, NEVADA: UCLA M.A., THESIS, 154 P.

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE COUNTY, NEV: NBMG BULL (IN PRESS)

  • Deposit

    JONES, R.B., AND BENTZ, J., FIELD EXAMINATION, 10 JULY 1981

  • Production

    KLEINHAMPL & ZIONY (IN PRESS)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE GOSSAN-JASPEROID BRECCIA ZONE OCCURS AROUND THE CONTACTS OF AN EXPOSED GRANITIC INTRUSIVE. PRECIOUS METALS DEPOSITION CONFINED TO VUGS, VEINLETS AND FRACTURES IN BRECCIATED JASPER AND SILICIFIED LIMESTONE

Reporter information

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

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