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Hill of Gold Mine

Prospect 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046686
MRDS ID M241884
Record type Site
Current site name Hill of Gold Mine
Related records 10310344

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.27092, 38.02466 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky 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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002N 042E 15 CENTER OF W2 OF SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Oddie Rhyolite;Fraction Tuff
    Rock description Oddie Rhyolite;Fraction Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.27092, 38.02466
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION IS SPOTTY IN DRILL HOLES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Divide District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Meridian Land And Mineral Co., Billings, Mt
    First year 1982

Comments on the workings information

  • OLD SHAFT . MILL FOUNDATION. THERE WAS A METAL BUILDING ON THE SITE FROM ABOUT 1977 TO 1979 OR SO WITH PILES OF ORE NEAR IT.

Comments on development

  • MERIDIAN HAS ABOUT 150 CLAIMS WHICH COVER THE AREA. DUMPS TRENCHED FOR SAMPLING WITHIN PAST FEW YEARS AND MEEIDIAN DID SOME DRILLING WITHIN LAST FEW WEEKS (1982) NORTH OF THE SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARSIDE, L.J., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 8 JUL 82.

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H.F., JR. AND GARSIDE, L.J., 1979, NBMG BULL 92.

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H.F., JR. AND GARSIDE, L.J., 1979, NBMG BULL 96.

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., 1972, UNPUBLISHED REPORTS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AU MINERALIZATION OCCURS ALONG A NORTHEAST - TRENDING FAULT WHICH SEPERATES TERT ODDIE RHYOLITE AND FRACTION TUFF.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1983 Lyles, B.F. (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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