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Simmerone 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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046693
MRDS ID M241892
Record type Site
Current site name Simmerone Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.19674, 37.70912 (WGS84)
Elevation 1844
Relative position ABOUT 2 MILES EAST OF GOLDFIELD

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 043 06 CENTER Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON SAME RIDGE AS BLUE BULL WORKINGS, BETWEEN BLUE BULL AND COMMONWEALTH. UTM IS TO SHAFT IN CLAIM AREA ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SMALL HACKLY PARTICLES OF GOLD IN ALUNITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alunite Gangue
Iron Gangue
Kaolinite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Alunitization, Kaolinization, Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Chronological age 21.5
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Chronological age 21.5
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Chronological age 21.5
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Chronological age 21.5

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.19674, 37.70912
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fissures, Sheeting

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULA PIPE
    Depth to bottom 18.29M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures; Caldera Ring Fracture Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1905
Year of first production 1904

Mining district

District name Goldfield District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL BUNCH OF RICH ORE STOPED FROM NEAR THE SURFACE.

Comments on the workings information

  • 50-FT VERTICAL SHAFT; 44 DEGREES INCLINE 110 FT. LONG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, F.L., 1909, USGS PP 66, P. 244.

  • Deposit

    NBMG REPORT 33, P. 77-86

  • Production

    RANSOME, F.L., 1909, P. 244.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PARALLEL FISSURES GIVE SHEETED EFFECT-STRIKING N-S, DIP 45 W, WITH MUCH SILICIFICATION. GOLD DISTRIBUTED IN SMALL HACKLY PARTICLES IN ALUNITE.

Reporter information

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

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