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Golden Sceptre Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046616
MRDS ID M241804
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Sceptre Mine
Related records 10135118

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.80672, 36.91496 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Beatty(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beatty(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012S 046E 02,03,10,11 SW (02); SE (03); NE (10); NW (11) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR THE MONTGOMERY-SHOSHONE MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue
Talc Gangue

Analytical data

Result VEIN MATERIAL AVERAGED $30/TON (1906)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.80672, 36.91496
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 3.66M
    Width 10.67M
    Depth to top 45.72M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bullfrog (Pioneer) District

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT AT LEAST 300 FT DEEP IN 1906; WITH CROSSCUTS OF 150 AND 55 FT, MAIN TUNNEL 600 FT. LONG. ONE TUNNEL CUT THE HOBO VEIN AT 230 FT FROM ENTRANCE; 100-FT INCLINE. IN 1908, OVER 3000 FT OF DEVELOPMENT WORK HAD BEEN COMPLETED, INCLUDING 3 ADITS AND 3 SHAFTS WITH DRIFTS, ONE OF WHICH WAS 700 FT LONG

Comments on development

  • A 20-STAMP MILL WAS BEING PLANNED IN 1908, AT WHICH TIME THE MINE WAS SAID TO CONTAIN CONSIDERABLE MILLING ORE AND SOME ORE OF HIGHER GRADE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PRESS CLIPPINGS FROM ENG. AND MIN. JOUR., 1906: NBMG FILE 218; ALSO 1907, 1908

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALSO PART OF THE HOBO VEIN, 4 FT WIDE HERE. CROSSCUT IN 1908 EXPOSED OVER 35 FT OF MANGANESE, QUARTZ, AND "TALC" ORE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1983 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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