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January Mine

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Bismuth, Antimony, Arsenic
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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. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046711
MRDS ID M241912
Record type Site
Current site name January Mine
Alternate or previous names Part of Goldfield Consolidated Mines Co. After 1906, January and February Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.22619, 37.71078 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Relative position ADJOINS THE WEST SIDE OF THE COMBINATION CLAIMS

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;002S 042E;042E 02;35 E2 OF E2 (02); SE (35) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 0.5 MILE N45E FROM CENTER OF GOLDFIELD. UTM IS TO ONE OF MANY SHAFTS ON THE CLAIMS. . UTM IS TO ONE OF MANY SHAFTS ON THE CLAIM BLOCK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alunite Gangue
Kaolinite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Alunitization, Silicification, Pyritization

Analytical data

Result AU, AG, PB USEFUL IN THIS AREA AS INDICATOR ELEMENTS IN EXPLORATION FOR ORE BODIES

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.22619, 37.71078
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Brecciation,

Ore body information

  • General form CURVED TABULAR
    Strike CURVED N70W (S. PART) TO N50-65E (N. PART)
    Dip NE PART DIPS NW; S PART DIPS NE
    Thickness 4.57M
  • General form CURVED TABULAR
    Strike CURVED N70W (S. PART) TO N50-65E (N. PART)
    Dip NE PART DIPS NW; S PART DIPS NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture System; Pre-Ore Crushing; Sheeting; 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 H.T. Clark, A.C. Eisen, R.L. Johns, J.P. Duffield, And W.M. Stansburg
Year of first production 1904

Mining district

District name Goldfield District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Davis-Goldfield Mining Corp.
    First year 1966

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • 300-FT SHAFT IN 1905, WITH LEVELS AT 110, 232, AND 283-FEET; STOPES

Comments on development

  • FIRST LEASE IN THE GOLDFIELD DISTRICT WAS ISSUED IN JAN. 1904 ON THE JANUARY CLAIM; ORE WAS STRUCK SOON AND 310,000 NET WORTH OF ORE HAD BEEN SHIPPED BY THE END OF THE YEAR. IN 1905, DAILY SHIPMENTS OF 85 TONS WERE BEING PRODUCED. THE MINE WAS TAKEN OVER IN THE BIG MERGER FORMING THE GOLDFIELD CONSOLIDATED MINES CO. IN NOV. 1906, HAVING PRODUCED AT LEAST $1,000,000 WORTH OF ORE TO THAT TIME.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, F.L., 1909, USGS PP 66, P. 216

  • Deposit

    NBMG REPORT 33, P. 77-86

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 843-A, P. 1-48

  • Production

    RANSOME, F.L., 1909., P. 216; SHAMBERGER, 1982.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PAYSHOOT IS CURVED. SMALLER IRREGULAR SHOOTS ARE ERRATICALLY DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE LEDGE. RICHEST ORE FOUND IN OXIDIZED ZONE IN SILICIFIED AREAS; LITTLE ORE IN ARGILLIZED AREAS. ORE ZONE BOUNDARIES WERE GRADATIONAL

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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