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Gold Seam Mine

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047023
MRDS ID M242263
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Seam Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.21369, 37.96633 (WGS84)

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001N 042E 01 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Tonapah Summit Member, Fraction Tuff
    Rock description Tonapah Summit Member, Fraction Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.21369, 37.96633
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Faults.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults?

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN MATERIAL SEEN ON THE DUMPS; A LITTLE DRUSY QUARTZ IN FRACTURES. THE TWO SHAFTS LIE ALONG A N40E TREND, WHICH COULD BE CONSISTANT WITH SOME ALTERED FAULT TRENDS IN THE AREA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Divide District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS, ONE (WITH HEAD FRAME) 20-50 M DEEP, SECOND POSSIBLY 75-100 M, SEVERAL SMALL PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 9 JUL 82

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H.F., JR. AND GARSIDE, L.J., 1979, NBMG BULL 92.

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H.F., JR. AND GARSIDE, L.J., 1982, NBMG BULL 96.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1983 Lyles, B.F. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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