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Gold Dust Mine

Occurrence 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. Ore body information
  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. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047142
MRDS ID M242394
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Dust Mine
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 1262

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.79981, 37.57327 (WGS84)
Elevation 2268
Relative position ABOUT 2.6 AIRMILES N 60 W FROM OASIS DIVIDE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oasis Divide(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(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 004S 038E 19 SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chlorite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.79981, 37.57327
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 70-80 W
    Dip 50 SW
    Length 274.32M
    Width 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Aplite Dike

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Windypah, (Fesler) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 CAVED SHAFTS, DOZER CUTS, ADITS

Comments on development

  • WORK APPEARS OLD (N1900). REMAINS OF OLD CAMP, FOUNDATIONS, ETC. RECENT ACTIVITY CONSISTS OF DOZER CUTS ACROSS VEIN STRUCTURES NEAR OLD SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J.V., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION ON 18 AUGUST 1982

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit APLITE DIKE HAS JOINTING PERPENDICULAR TO ITS STRIKE, AND IS CUT BY QUARTZ VEINS CONTAINING CLOTS OF HEMATITE-AND LIMONITE STAINED. VEINS APPAR TO BE CONCENTERATED ALONG THE HANGING WALL (NW SIDE) OF THE DIKE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-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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