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Goldfield Tailings Project

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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047034
MRDS ID M242275
Record type Site
Current site name Goldfield Tailings Project

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.23258, 37.73967 (WGS84)
Elevation 1682
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE, To Area Of Project In Sec 26

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 26 CENTER Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH OF DOWNTOWN GOLDFIELD ABOUT 2.5 MILES ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.23258, 37.73967
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1982

Mining district

District name Goldfield District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Blackhawk Mines Corp.
    First year 1983
  • Type Owner
    Owner Blackhawk Mines Corp., Russell E. Manley, Pres.,
    Home office P.O. Box 469, Tonopah, Nv. 89409
    First year 1983

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT

Comments on development

  • LISTED AS AN ACTIVE OPEN PIT AND HEAP LEACH OPERATION IN 1982 EMPLOYING 10 PERSONS; 16 PERSONS IN 1983.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

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

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