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Gooding Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045790
MRDS ID M233619
Record type Site
Current site name Gooding Mine
Alternate or previous names Gooding, Gooding #2, Morning Star Claims
Related records 10125755

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.85453, 38.95965 (WGS84)
Elevation 2713
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 2000 FT N45E FROM NORTHERN SUMMIT OF MOUNT GOODING, 150m To Area Of Workings

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Northumberland Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Jefferson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Big Smoky Valley(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 013N 045E 13,24-PROJECTED,FROM,THE,EAST Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 0.5 MILE NW OF NORTHUMBERLAND MINE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • VEIN MATERIAL WHERE OXIDIZED RAN 16.42 OZ/T AG OVER AVERAGE 2.9 FT. WIDTH

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Pogonip Group
    Rock description Pogonip Group
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.85453, 38.95965
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Complex Thrust-Faulting

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike ROUGHLY E-W
    Dip 14 S INTO HILL
    Thickness 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SOFT HANGING WALL MATERIAL AND SEEPING WATER MAKE MINING DIFFICULT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Northumberland District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner S. H. Rosenthal, And Others, Of Reno
    First year 1921

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 661.42M

Comments on the workings information

  • ABOUT 1800 FT. OF TUNNEL WORK AMONG 4 TUNNELS. 370 FT OF WINZES AND RAISES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BLACKBURN, W.H., 1921, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON GOODING MINE FOR TONOPAH MINING CO., ON FILE AT NBMG - FILE 242, ITEM 1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FLAT-LYING VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-82 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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