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C.O.D. Consolidated Mining Co Claims

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Antimony
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046705
MRDS ID M241904
Record type Site
Current site name C.O.D. Consolidated Mining Co Claims
Alternate or previous names Golden Eagle, Zoe, C.O.D., Gold Bar, Victor Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.20674, 37.70689 (WGS84)
Elevation 1780
Relative position ABOUT A MILE DUE EAST OF THE 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 SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ADJOINS ATLANTA PROPERTY ON THE SOUTH-90 ACRES. UTM IS TO SHAFT LOCATED ON THE CLAIM BLOCK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Strong Alteration Of Most Rocks; Silicification

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 154
USGS model code 25e
Deposit model name Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Mark3 model number 38

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 Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Milltown Andesite
    Rock description Milltown Andesite
    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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Chronological age 21.5

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.20674, 37.70689
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR BUNCHES
    Width 10.67M

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 1925

Mining district

District name Goldfield District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner C. O. D. Consolidated Mining Co.
    Last year 1920

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 914.4M
    Overall depth 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1908, WORKINGS CONSISTED OF THE 300-FT GOLD BAR SHAFT, THE VICTOR SHAFT AND THE C.O.D. SHAFT, ALL CONNECTED BY THE 200-FT GOLD BAR LEVEL. 500-FT SHAFT IN 1920, AND SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OF WORKINGS.

Comments on development

  • C.O.D. CONSOLIDATED MINING CO. FORMED IN 1908 AS A MERGER OF GOLDFIELD C.O.D. AND GOLD BAR MINING CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, F.L., 1909, USGS P.P. 66, P. 242-243.

  • Deposit

    NBMG REPORT 33, P. 77-86

  • Deposit

    WEED, W.H., ED., 1922, MINES HANDBOOK VOL. XV, P. 1210-11, 1165.

  • Production

    RANSOME, F.L., 1909, P. 243; WEED, 1922, P. 1211.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CHAIN OF IRREGULAR BUNCHES EXTENDING EASTWARD FROM GOLD BAR SHAFT TO 200-FT LEVEL OF VICTOR; ALSO AN OXIDIZED ORE BODY NEAR SURFACE AT C.O.D. SHAFT.
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S

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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