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Goldfield-Midway-Bullfrog Mining Company Property

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046816
MRDS ID M242028
Record type Site
Current site name Goldfield-Midway-Bullfrog Mining Company Property
Alternate or previous names Copper Bell Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.22952, 37.50662 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN, 700m To Shaft In Vicinity Of Property

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ralston(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(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 005S 042E 14,13 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 2 MILES SW OF CUPRITE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • AVERAGE ORE RUNS 1 OZ AG TO 1% CU, TRACE AU

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Chalcedony Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Limonite Unknown

Analytical data

Result VEIN RAN 12% CU, 14 OZ/TON AG AND $1.20 IN GOLD/TON (1906). SHEAR ZONE ORE RAN 9-10% CU AND UP TO 400 OZ/T AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Emigrant, Mule Spring Limestone
    Rock description Emigrant, Mule Spring Limestone

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Gentle Folding; Minor Normal Faulting

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 60 E (VEIN)
    Dip 80-85 NW
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 304.8M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone Striking N85e, Dipping 60 S

Comments on the geologic information

  • SPONGY LIMONITE GOSSAN 9 FT THICK. LIMONITE BORDERS VEIN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cuprite District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Goldfield-Midway-Bullfrog Mining Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT HOLES; 65 FT DEEP INCLINE (COPPER BELL SHAFT)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHEAR ZONE STRIKES N 85 E, DIPS 60S CONTAINS AN ORE STREAK UP TO 2.5 FT WIDE, TRACEABLE FOR 900 FT.

Reporter information

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

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