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Pittsburgh-Goldfield Mining Co

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046687
MRDS ID M241886
Record type Site
Current site name Pittsburgh-Goldfield Mining Co
Alternate or previous names Frances Group, Dine, Rialto, Coliseum, Monarch Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.1823, 37.70578 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003S 043E 05,06,07,08 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • "SOME MILES OUT IN THE SE END OF THE DISTRICT" MORE THAN 30 CLAIMS COVERING OVER 550 ACRES. UTM IS TO WORKINGS ON CLAIM BLOCK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1931

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS UP TO $22/TON IN 1930

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.1823, 37.70578
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1906

Mining district

District name Goldfield District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Corrin Barnes, General Manager
    First year 1931

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT WAS AT 500-FT DEPTH IN 1931, TO BE DEEPENED TO 1000 FT. CROSSCUTTING WAS BEGUN ON 500-FT. LEVEL. DEEP SHAFT HOISTING PLANT PRESENT IN 1931

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, A.M., 1931, UNPUBLISHED NOTES ON INSPECTION TRIP: NBMG FILE 91, ITEM

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS OF BLACK QUARTZ IN MIXED OXIDE-SULFIDE ZONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-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.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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