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Goldyke Reef Mine

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045712
MRDS ID M233509
Record type Site
Current site name Goldyke Reef Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.87066, 38.72853 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position NEAR OLD CAMP OF GOLDYKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goldyke(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs 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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010N 037E 18 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN (IN STOCK DRIVEWAY) ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.87066, 38.72853
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Width 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1925

Mining district

District name Fairplay District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • AT LEAST 4 SHAFTS, NUMEROUS DRIFTS; DEVELOPED TO 200-FT DEPTH (1914) MILL ON THE SITE IN 1914

Comments on development

  • DESCRIBED AS THE "OLDEST PROPERTY IN GOLDYKE CAMP", WITH A MILL ON THE SITE IN 1914

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIRDEVAN, W.H., 1914, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON PROPERTIES IN THE GOLDYKE AREA: NBMG FILE 227, ITEM 1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S?
Deposit 4-6 FT WIDE VEIN IN STRONGLY ALTERED ZONE IN RHYOLITE, WITH OCCASIONAL BUNCHES OF GOOD ORE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1982 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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