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Goldfield Deep Mines Co.

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Tin, 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. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046709
MRDS ID M241909
Record type Site
Current site name Goldfield Deep Mines Co.
Alternate or previous names Consolidation of Former Commonwealth, Blue Bull, Atlanta, C.O.D., And Goldfield Merger Properties

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.21035, 37.71439 (WGS84)

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;002S;003S;003S 042E;043E;042E;043E 36;31;01;06 SE (36); SW (31); E2 (01); N2 (06) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • PROPERTY IS A CONSOLIDATION OF 36 CLAIMS ADJOINING GOLDFIELD CONSOLIDATED ON THE NW. PATENTED CLAIMS COVER OVER 1000 ACRES. UTM IS TO A SHAFT NEAR CENTER OF CLAIM BLOCK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Tin Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Enargite Ore
Famatinite Ore
Alunite Gangue
Kaolinite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification Along Nw-Dipping Fissures; Kaolinization; Pyritization; Alunitization

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
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Rock unit name Milltown Andesite
    Rock description Milltown Andesite
  • 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 > Dacite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.21035, 37.71439
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
    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 Goldfield Deep Mines Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • A 2400-FT SHAFT HAD REACHED 1400 FT BY 1923. AT 2150 FT, MORE THAN 4500 FT OF CROSSCUTS AND LATERALS WERE DRIVEN IN SEARCH OF EXTENSION OF MAIN CONSOLIDATED VEIN SYSTEM

Comments on development

  • A DEEP SHAFT WITH LATERAL WORKINGS WAS DRIVEN IN A FRUITLESS SEARCH FOR A DEEP EXTENSION OF THE MAIN GOLDFIELD CONSOLIDATED VEIN SYSTEM. CONSOLIDATION OCCURRED IN 1920

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, NEVADA MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES: NEVADA NEWSLETTERS, RENO, NV.

  • Deposit

    SEARLS, F., 1948, NBMG BULL. 48.

  • Deposit

    WEED, W.H., ED., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XV, P. 1210-1211, 1213

  • Deposit

    NBMG REPORT 33, P. 77-86

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, F.L., 1909, USGS P.P. 66, P 243-244

  • Deposit

    TURNER, 1911, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE GOLDFIELD COMMONWEALTH MINING CO. PROPERTY: NBMG FILE 91, ITEM 11.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S
Deposit CHAIN OF IRREGULAR BUNCHES OF ORE; ALSO AN OXIDIZED ORE BODY NEAR SURFACE

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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