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Gold Coin #2 Mine

Past Producer in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, 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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047619
MRDS ID M243031
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Coin #2 Mine
Alternate or previous names Nevada Fairview Mine In Part, Summa Group 4.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.19652, 39.18019 (WGS84)
Elevation 1814

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bell Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015N 034E 07 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ACCESSIBLE BY NEWLY GRADED ROAD UP SNYDER CANYON FROM BELL CANYON TO THE SOUTH. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 3811 FROM FACE OF VEIN 430 FT FROM PORTAL IN ADIT 1, OF CALCITE AND SILICIFIED VEIN MATERIAL, CONTAINS 0.7% FE, 0.15% MG, 5% CA, 0.07% TI, 1500 PPM MN, 10 PPM AG, 10 PPM B, 200 PPM BA, 3 PPM BE, 50 PPM CU, 7 PPM MO, 50 PPM PB, 200 PPM SR, 15 PPM Y, 50 PPM ZR. SAMPLE 3812 TAKEN 132 FT FROM PORTAL OF MN-STAINED QUARTZ-CALCITE VEIN MATERIAL CONTAINS 0.7% FE, 0.15% MG, 0.5% CA, 0.05% TI, 300 PPM MN, 30 PPM AG, 10 PPM B, 300 PPM BA, 3 PPM BE, 20 PPM CU, 30 PPM PB, 50 PPM ZR.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.19652, 39.18019
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N-S; N 30-40 E
    Dip STEEP; 70-85 SE
    Length 304.8M
    Width 1.83M
  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N-S; N 30-40 E
    Dip STEEP; 70-85 SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone, Inpart, Striking N, Steep Dip

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1906
Discoverer Bartholomew

Mining district

District name Fairview District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Tenneco/Echo Bay
    First year 1986

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1200M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 ADITS, WINZES, DRIFTS, RAISES AND ONE SHAFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE 2ND ADIT WHICH IS NOW CAVED.

Comments on development

  • PATENTED CLAIMS. OPTIONED TO SNYDER AFTER DISCOVERY IN 1906, WORKED BY 20 MEN FOR ABOUT A YEAR, WITH LATER PRODUCTION IN 1910. TENNECO HAS RECENTLY BEEN SAMPLING AND MAPPING THE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS FOLLOWED BY ROAD-BUILDING ALONG THE TREND OF THE VEIN. PROSPECT WAS DRILLED BY TENNECO, LATER RECOMMENDED TO BE DROPPED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK AND TINGLEY, J.V., 9 SEP 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSES.

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C., 1947, UNPUB. REPORT ON THE CARSON SINK AREA

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 83, 1974, P. 71-74

  • Deposit

    SAUNDERS, F.T., 1978, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON SOUTH FAIRVIEW.

  • Deposit

    JENNINGS, T.L., UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON SOUTH FAIRVIEW.

  • Deposit

    JONSON, D.C., 1986, UNPUB. EVALUATION OF SOUTH FAIRVIEW FOR TENNECO.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WAS SUNK 130 FT FROM THE PORTAL. THE WORKINGS WERE REPORTED BY SCHRADER TO BE MOSTLY IN A WHITE QUARTZ VEIN 10-15 FT WIDE THAT ASSAYED GOOD AU/AG VALUES. THE VEIN ALSO HAD STREAKS OF VERY RICH ORE IN THE FOOTWALL SIDE OF THE VEIN. VEINS ARE BANDED FISSURE FILLINGS, IRREGULAR IN NATURE.
Deposit WORKINGS EXPLORE A PROMINENT LEDGE OF SILICIFIED VOLCANICS WITH BRECCIATED ROCK AND CALCITE. SULFIDES ARE SAID TO BEGIN ON THE 100-FT LEVEL. ADIT #1 IS 430 FT LONG AND ATTAINS A DEPTH OF 250 FT AT THE FACE. VEIN REPORTED TO CARRY ORE SHOOTS UP TO 2.5 FT WIDE WITH GOOD ORE. THE SAMPLES DESCRIBED IN ANALYTICAL DATA WERE TAKEN FROM THIS ADIT. A SECOND ADIT, STARTING FROM DISCOVERY SITE WAS REPORTED TO RUN 125 FT N ALONG A STEEPLY DIPPING FAULT PLANE WITH A 2-6 FT VEIN. ORE REPORTEDLY FOLLOWED THE WHOLE STRIKE LENGTH OF THE WORKING AND CONSISTED OF MOSTLY QUARTZ. AT THE TUNNEL OF THE ADIT IS A 100-FT SHAFT, THE FIRST 60 FT OF WHICH WAS REPORTED TO BE IN THE SAME VEIN AND ORE BODY AS THE ADIT WHICH PRODUCED MOST OF THE ORE FROM THESE WORKINGS, ALTHOUGH THE WORKINGS WERE EXPANDED AS A CROSS-CUT WITH RAISES AND DRIFTS. ABOUT 0.5 MILE TO THE NORTH THE VEIN OUTCROPS BOLDLY FOR A DISTANCE OF SEVERAL HUNDRED FT AND IS OPENED BY A 30-FT ADIT-DRIFT KNOWN AS TUNNEL #4, FROM WHICH A WINZE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1986 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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