Goldstone Deposit

Past Producer in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055206
MRDS ID RE00275
Record type Site
Current site name Goldstone Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.34424, 39.81103 (WGS84)
Elevation 2652

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Roberts Creek Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Simpson Park Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Diamond-Monitor 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 Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 023N 050E 34 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • THE GOLDSTONE DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF NORTH AND SOUTH PITS WHOSE CENTERS ARE APPROX. 300 M APART. UTM'S GIVEN ABOVE ARE FOR THE NORTH PIT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 172
USGS model code 26a
Deposit model name Carbonate-hosted Au-Ag
Mark3 model number 15

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1986

Mining district

District name Antelope

Comments on the production information

  • 1990-1991 CUMULATIVE FIGURES REPRESENT TOTAL PRODUCTION FROM THE GOLDSTONE SOUTH PIT.

Comments on development

  • MINING WAS COMPLETED AT THE GOLDSTONE SOUTH PIT IN JULY, 1991.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ATLAS CORPORATION, 1987, ANNUAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1987.

  • Deposit

    ATLAS CORPORATION, 1988, ANNUAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1988.

  • Deposit

    ATLAS CORPORATION, 1989, ANNUAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1989.

  • Deposit

    ATLAS CORPORATION, 1990, ANNUAL REPORT FORM 10-K FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1990.

  • Deposit

    ATLAS CORPORATION, 1991, ANNUAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1991.

  • Deposit

    ATLAS CORPORATION, 1992, ANNUAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1992.

  • Deposit

    FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT - PROPOSED GOLD BAR EXPANSION PROJECT (NV64-EA9-74), BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, NOVEMBER 29, 1989.

  • Production

    1990-1991 CUMULATIVE FIGURES: ATLAS CORPORATION, 1991, ANNUAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1991.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1993 Phinisey, J. D. (Marcus, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.