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Goldfield Mine and Mill

Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047033
MRDS ID M242274
Record type Site
Current site name Goldfield Mine and Mill
Alternate or previous names Goldfield Project, Western Gas, Oil and Mineral Heap Leach

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.23008, 37.71801 (WGS84)

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 002S 042E 35 SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.23008, 37.71801
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Goldfield District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Trafalgar Mines Partnership James Bond, Operations Mgr.
    Home office P.O. Box 753, Goldfield, Nv 89013
    First year 1982
  • Type Owner
    Owner Golden Shield Resources And Margan Minerals
    Home office P.O. Box 753, Goldfield, Nv 89013
    First year 1987
  • Type Operator
    Owner D. B. I. Engineering Group, W. Bruce Brogoitti, V. P.,
    Home office P.O. Box 753, Goldfield, Nv 89013
    First year 1982

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1983
    Total resources 793000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 2.456 g/mt Gold Major 1983

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT; SEVERAL HEAP LEACH PADS, HAULING EQUIPMENT, GRADERS, AND CLASSIFYING EQUIPMENT

Comments on development

  • LISTED IN 1982 AS AN ACTIVE HEAP LEACH OPERATION EMPLOYING 9 PERSONS. LISTED AS AN ACTIVE OPEN PIT GOLD MINE AND MILL IN 1983, EMPLOYING 28 PERSONS. IN 1986, GOLDEN SHIELD RESOURCES ANDMORGAN MINERALS BEGAN HEAP-LEACHING GOLD IN THE GOLDFIELD DISTRICT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, 1982, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE IN 1981.

  • Deposit

    DIVISION OF MINE INSPECTION, DEC. 1983, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE IN 1983.

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 9 JULY 1982.

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H.F., 1986, NBMG MAP 91.

  • Deposit

    BONHAM, H.F., 1988, IN NBMG MI-1987.

  • Deposit

    NBMG, 1987, NBMG SPEC. PUB. MI-1986.

  • Reserve-Resource

    BONHAM, 1988

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PLASTIC COLLECTOR PIPE IS LAID ON ASPHALT AND ORE HEAPED DIRECTLY ONPIPE. ORE MATERIAL IS MORE THAN 15 CM. A CYANIDE SOLUTION IS THEN APPLIED. A MAJORITY OF THE ORE REPORTEDLY CAME FROM THE FLORENCE MINE AND SOME FROM THE COLUMBIA MINE AREA. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-OCT-1988 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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