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Golden Rule Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046719
MRDS ID M241920
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Rule Mine
Alternate or previous names Little Joe

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.29452, 37.35551 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position LOCATION UNCERTAIN-MAY BE FARTHER SOUTH, To A Shaft & Adit Shown On Topo Which May Be The Golden Rule

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Last Chance Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cactus-Sarcobatus Flats(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007S 041E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 5 CLAIMS ABOUT 3 MILES EAST OF HORNSILVER ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Of Granite With Quartzite.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1874
Discoverer Sam Kelsey (?) (Owner In 1874)

Mining district

District name Hornsilver (Gold Point, Lime Point) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John T. Murphy And Fred Atzert Of Goldfield
    First year 1931

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION IN 1874 ERA UNDER SAM KELSEY'S OWNERSHIP. ORE WAS HAULED FROM MAIN STOPE TO AUSTIN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 67.06M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • 100-FT, 38 DEGREES INCLINE SHAFT, STOPE, 120-FT DRIFT TO NW; 100-F DRIFT TO SW ALONG VEIN AT BOTTOM OF SHAFT; OPEN CUT AND TUNNEL 70-FT LONG, AND 50-FT SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, A.M. AND CARPENTER, JAY, 1931, UNPUBLISHED NOTES FROM INSPECTION TRIP TO HORNSILVER; NBMG FILE 92, ITEM 8

  • Production

    SMITH & CARPENTER, 1931

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN IS ON A CONTACT BETWEEN GRANITE AND QUARTZITE WITH GRANITE FOOTWALL. AT ANOTHER POINT IS A REDDISH-BLACK MASSIVE, QUARTZ-IRON OUTCROP

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-82 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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