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Columbia Mountain Mining Co.

Past 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047038
MRDS ID M242280
Record type Site
Current site name Columbia Mountain Mining Co.
Alternate or previous names Gold Banner, Booth, Uncle Sam, Columbia, Piedmont, American Eagle, Tiger, Ramsey Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.22785, 37.72273 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position ABOUT 1.5 MILE N 20 E FROM CENTER OF GOLDFIELD.

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 35,36,25,26 NW (35); NE (36); E2 (26); W2 (25) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • CLAIM BLOCK EXTENDS FOR ABOUT A MILE IN A N-S DIRECTION OVER THE SUMMIT OF COLUMBIA MOUNTAIN. UTM IS TO ONE SHAFT IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE CLAIM BLOCK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.22785, 37.72273
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Caldera Ring Fracture Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1903
Discoverer Harry Stimler And William Marsh Of Tonopah, Grubstaked By Jim Butler And Tom Kendall

Mining district

District name Goldfield District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT AND OTHER WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • COLUMBIA MOUNTAIN MINING CO. WAS INCORPORATED, JUNE, 1904

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHAMBERGER, H.A., 1982, THE STORY OF GOLDFIELD; NEVADA HISTORICAL PRESS, CARSON CITY, NEVADA, 240 P.

  • Deposit

    NBMG REPORT 33, P. 77-86

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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