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Mohawk Mine

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Antimony, Arsenic, Zinc, Bismuth
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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. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Production statistics
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104101
MRDS ID M241885
Record type Site
Current site name Mohawk Mine
Alternate or previous names Mohawk Nos. 1 and 2,, Slim Jim Fraction Originally Tennessee and Berkeley Claims,, Relocated, Partof Goldfield Consolidated Mines Co. After 1906, Mohawk Group,, Mohawk Shaft, Frances-Mohawk Shaft, Upper Curtis Shaft, Truett Shaft,, Mohawk Nol 1 Shaft, Mohawk No. 2 Shaft,, Hayes-Monnette No. 1 and No. 2 Shafts, Mackenzie Shaft, Oddie Shaft,, Begore Shaft, Kalfus Shaft, Curtis No. 1 Shaft, Mcnaughton Shaft,, Rickard No. 1 and No. 2 Shafts, Incline Shaft.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.22369, 37.71717 (WGS84)
Elevation 1728
Relative position ABOUT 0.5 MILE DUE SOUTH OF PEAK OF COLUMBIA MTN.

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 42E 35,36 SE (35); SW (36) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ADJOINING N. SIDE OF COMBINATION FRACTION . UTM IS TO MAIN SHAFT OF MANY ON THE PROPERTY. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1982

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bismuthinite Ore
Famatinite Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tennantite Ore
Alunite Gangue
Marcasite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Alunitization

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 154
USGS model code 25e
Deposit model name Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Mark3 model number 38

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Miocene
    Chronological age 21.25
    Dating method K-Ar
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Miocene
    Chronological age 21.25
    Dating method K-Ar

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.22369, 37.71717
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faulting, Gouge Zones Terminate Ore Zones

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR TO TABULAR
    Strike N 05 E
    Dip 30-45 E
    Thickness 15.24M
    Length 365.76M
    Width 60.96M
    Depth to top 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1903
Discoverer Thomas Ramsey, R.C. Crook, H. Ramsey
Year of first production 1906

Mining district

District name Goldfield District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1906
    Period 1904-1906
    Material AU ORE
    Description Cp_Grade: ^ 46.5 Oz/Ton Ag, Average Of 34 Rich Samples
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 1470g/mt
  • Year 1908
    Period 1904-1908
    Material AU ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^$8,832,000 Produced By Lessees 330 Oz/Ton Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Gold Gold 10440g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • IN OCTOBER, 1906, THE HAY-MONNETTE LEASE ON THE MOHAWK PROPUCED $1,300,000 WITH THE RICHEST SHIPMENT WEIGHING 47.7 TONS CONTAINING 609.6 OZ AU AND 75.4 OZ AG PER TON, GROSS VALUE $584,800 (1906 PRICES). TYPICAL RICH ORE FROM THE MOHAWK CONTAINED 1.5-2% BY WEIGHT GOLD (440-580 OZ/TON AU)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 3369.56M
    Overall depth 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • OVER 15 SHAFTS (MOST EXPLORATORY). THE MAIN MOHAWK SHAFT WAS 600 FT DEEP WITH LEVELS AT 246, 350, 450 AND 600 FT BELOW COLLAR. STOPES EXTEND CONTINUOUSLY TO THE 600-FT LEVEL WITH MANY OTHER LEVEL WORKINGS, TOTALLING 3140 FT OF SHAFTS, 2170 FT OF DRIFTS, 37A M15 MEDIUM15 FT OF CROSSCUTS, 1565 FT OF RAISES, AND 465 FT OF WINZES.

Comments on development

  • GOLDFIELD MOHAWK MINING CO. INCORPORATED JULY, 1904 - THEN TAKENOVER IN 1906 BY WINGFIELD AND NIXON. MOHAWK NO. 2 BECAME ONE OF GOLDFIELD'S RICHEST PRODUCERS TO 1909, MOSTLY UNDER HAYS-MONNETTE LEASE AS WELL AS OTHERS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, F.L., 1909, USGS P.P. 66.

  • Deposit

    NBMG REPORT 33, P. 77-86.

  • Deposit

    TOLMAN & AMBROSE, 1934, ECON. GEOL VOL.L 29, P 255-279

  • Deposit

    MOUNT, PRISCILLA, 1964, NBMG BULL 65, P. 78.

  • Production

    SHAMBERGER, H.A., 1982, P. 180; RANSOME, 1909, P. 204-205.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HANGING WALL OF OREZONE CONSISTS OF A SERIES OF FISSURES, WHICH CHANGE ORIENTATION OFTEN. MUCH MATERIAL IS CLOSELY SHEETED. PAY SHOOTS WERE IRREGULARLY DISTRIBUTED IN THE LEDGES

Reporter information

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

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