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Golden State

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046745
MRDS ID M241949
Record type Site
Current site name Golden State
Alternate or previous names E, E Extension, Connecting Link Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.20869, 37.92216 (WGS84)
Elevation 1682

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mud Lake NW(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)

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 001N 042E 24 E2 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 2.0 AIRMILES EAST OF ROUTE 95 AND 2.3 AIRMILES WEST OF THE NYE COUNTY LINE. UTM IS TO NEAR CENTER OF CLAIM BLOCK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Rhyolite Of Klondyke;Monotony Tuff; Tuff Of Antelope Springs
    Rock description Rhyolite Of Klondyke;Monotony Tuff; Tuff Of Antelope Springs
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Emigrant;Mule Spring Limestone
    Rock description Emigrant;Mule Spring Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.20869, 37.92216
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Thrust Fault, Faults

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2.74M
    Length 17.07M
    Width 6.1M
    Depth to top 18.29M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Klondyke (Southern Klondyke) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Knox Divide Mining Co.
    First year 1920
  • Type Owner
    Owner Golden State Divide Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 39.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT 130 FT DEEP BY SEPT. 1921.

Comments on development

  • OLD MINE FIRST WORKED BY HARRY MACNAMARA. 75 CARS OF $20 ORE PRODUCED TO 1920; ABOUT 1000 TONS SHIPPED, 1920-1921

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 92, P. 130-132

  • Deposit

    WEED, W.H., ED., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XV., P 1208, 1237-38

  • Deposit

    CHIPP, E.R., 1969, UNR MINES THESIS 351

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OREBODY 56 FT X 20 FT X 9 FT AVERAGING $25 /TON IN AU AND AG, WAS OPENED AT 60 FT. DEPTH IN 1920'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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