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Gold Ledge Mine

Producer in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046109
MRDS ID M234040
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Ledge Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.87845, 39.26185 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 56 MILES ESE OF FALLON, 500 M (Uncertain Of Exact Location; Many Workings In This Area.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eastgate(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie 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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016N 036E 12 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN A STEEP, WESTWARD-DRAINING CANYON IN THE WEST SPUR OF THE DESATOYA MOUNTAINS, ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTH OF EASTGATE (5 MILES BY ROAD) EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN; MANY WORKINGS SHOWN ON TOPO SHEET IN THIS AREA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Tertiary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.87845, 39.26185
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Many Faults Cut The Vein At Right Angles

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 30 E
    Dip 65 E
    Width 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1906
Discoverer E.W. Baker

Mining district

District name Eastgate District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Schweis, W. H.
    Home office Reno, Nv
    First year 1940

Production statistics

  • Year 1936
    Material AU-AG-ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.91 Oz/Ton Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Gold Gold 26g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT $20,000 IN SHIPPING ORE HAD BEEN PRODUCED BY 1940

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 457.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • 350-FT. ADIT, 200 FT. INCLINED SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 150 AND 200 FT. LEVELS, 110-FT. VERTICAL SHAFT

Comments on development

  • UNPATENTED CLAIMS. THE GOLD LEDGE MINE WAS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY BY INDIVIDUALS AND SMALL COMPANIES. IN 1934 THE PROPERTY WAS OPERATED BY THE MONARCH GOLD LEDGE MINING CO., WHO ERECTED A 50 TPD MILL SEVERAL MILES NW OF THE MINE, BUT IT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL AND SOLD IN 1939.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., AND R.C. SPEED, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEV.; N.B.M.G. BULL. 83.

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W.O., 1940, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN CHURCHILL CO., NV.; U.S.B.M., I.C. 7093.

  • Deposit

    MILS, 1979. USBM

  • Production

    VANDERBURG, W.O, (1940)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WALLS OF VEIN ARE ILL-DEFINED. GANGUE IS CRUSHED, IRON-STAINED RHYOLITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-81 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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