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Monte Cristo Mine

Past Producer in Esmeralda 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046666
MRDS ID M241860
Record type Site
Current site name Monte Cristo Mine
Alternate or previous names Monte Cristo Tunnel, Tom Crown Lease, Homestake Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.70121, 38.18437 (WGS84)
Elevation 1914
Relative position ABOUT 0.25 MILE SSW OF USMM 311

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gilbert(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004N 038E 21 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • JUST SOUTH OF HOMESTAKE HILL ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.70121, 38.18437
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N30W
    Dip 80W
    Width 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1925
Year of first production 1925

Mining district

District name Gilbert (Desert) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL; SHALLOW SURFACE WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • A SMALL SHIPMENT WAS MADE FROM SHALLOW WORKINGS AT THE OUTCROP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL. 78, PL. 2

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1978, MILS DATA.

  • Deposit

    FERGUSON, H.G., 1927, USGS BULL 795-F, P. 142.

  • Deposit

    PAHER, S.W., 1970, NEVADA GHOST TOWNS AND MINING CAMPS: HOWELL NORTH BOOKS, SAN DIEGO, CALIF.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAY BE SAME VEIN AS THAT CROSSED IN THE CROWN AND GOLDENBURG TUNNELS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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