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Gilbert Mine

Occurrence 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046668
MRDS ID M241862
Record type Site
Current site name Gilbert Mine
Alternate or previous names Gilbert Gold Mining Company

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.74287, 38.17243 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

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 28,29 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON A RIDGE OF CHERT AND QUARTZITE ABOUT A MILE SOUTH OF GILBERT. LOCATION IS APPROXIMATED FROM SEVERAL SOURCES ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

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) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.74287, 38.17243
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Width 0.2M

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 Gilbert, (Desert) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 76.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL OPEN CUTS; 250-FT TUNNEL RUNS 580E ON WEST SIDE OF HILL NEAR ITS SOUTH END

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. 141.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL VEINLETS OF PYRITE AND QUARTZ. QUARTZ PANS MINUTE GOLD COLORS. IRREGULAR MASSES OF PYRITE WITH MINOR QUARTZ WERE ENCOUNTERED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-82 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.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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