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Combination Fraction Mining Co.

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. 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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046701
MRDS ID M241900
Record type Site
Current site name Combination Fraction Mining Co.
Alternate or previous names Combination Fraction

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.22202, 37.71301 (WGS84)
Elevation 1743
Relative position ABOUT 0.8 MILE N65E FROM CENTER 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 042E 01 NW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ADJOINING FLORENCE MINE PROPERTY ON THE NORTHWEST ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Strong Alteration Of Host Rock

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.22202, 37.71301
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Caldera Ring Fracture Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1903
Discoverer A.D. (Al) Myers And T.D. Murphy

Mining district

District name Goldfield District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 186.54M

Comments on the workings information

  • 400-FT SHAFT BY 1907.5 SETS OF SHAFTS PRESENT IN 1908: COMBINATION FRACTION MINING CO. SHAFT (431-FT) BURNS SHAFT; LOFTUS-DAVIS LEASE SHAFT AND STOPES (TO 531 FT.); ODDIE SHAFT TO 612 FT; LITTLE FLORENCE LEASING CO. SHAFT; AU WITH ACCOMPANYING

Comments on development

  • COMBINATION FRACTION MINING CO. WAS FORMED IN 1905, 400-FT SHAFT SUNK BY 1907, BUT LITTLE PRODUCTION WAS MADE UNTIL 1909, PRODUCTION WAS BYBY VARIOUS LESSEES. THERE WERE 5 SEPERATE SETS OF WORKINGS PRESENT IN 1908. ODDIE LEASE ACTIVE IN 1907

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHAMBERGER, H.A., 1982, THE STORY OF GOLDFIELD; NEVADA HISTORICAL PRESS, CARSON CITY, NEVADA, 240 P.

  • Deposit

    NBMG REPORT 33, P. 77-86.

  • Deposit

    MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS, JUNE 8, 1907, P. 722.

  • Deposit

    WEED, W.H., 1922, THE MINES HAND OK, VOL XV, PL 209.

  • Production

    SHAMBERGER, H.A., 1982, P. 199.

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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