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Conqueror Mine

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. 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 10046706
MRDS ID M241905
Record type Site
Current site name Conqueror Mine
Alternate or previous names Tonopah Club, Bonanza Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.22063, 37.74134 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position ABOUT 0.5 MILE ENE OF KENDALL MINE; ABOUT 1.1 AIRMILE N40W OF VINDICATOR MTN.

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 002S 042E 24,25 S2 (24); NW (25) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ADJOINS ADAMS MINE ON THE NW. . UTM IS TO SHAFT OF SW END OF CLAIM BLOCK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Morena Rhyolite;Sandstorm Rhyolite
    Rock description Morena Rhyolite;Sandstorm Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults
Type of structure Regional
Structure description Columbia Mountain Fault Dipping East At A Low Angle

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Columbia Mountain Fault Gouge Zone; 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 1904
Year of first production 1904
Year of last production 1905

Mining district

District name Goldfield District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Conqueror Cons. Mining Co.
    First year 1908

Comments on the production information

  • A FEW THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF ORE WAS PRODUCED NEAR THE SURFACE IN 1904-1905. SOME MATERIAL ASSAYED $12/TON IN 1908 ORSO.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • 100-FT INCLINE RUN AT 20 DEGREES-25 DEGREES AND A 50-FT VERTICAL SHAFT WITH A CROSSCUT AT THE BOTTOM; STOPING WITHIN 10-15 FT OF SURFACE (ALL IN 1905)

Comments on development

  • OPERATED 1914-1915

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 PP 66., P. 238-239.

  • Deposit

    NBMG REPORT 33, P. 77-86

  • Deposit

    WEED, W.H., ED., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XV, P. 1170.

  • Production

    RANSOME, F.L., 1909, P. 238.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SILICIFIED ZONE OR LEDGE. ORE IS FOUND BETWEEN THE LEDGE'S SOUTH END AND THE ANDESITE TO THE EAST

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

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