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Gold Coin Mine

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Tellurium
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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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104102
MRDS ID M241908
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Coin Mine
Alternate or previous names Jumbo Extension Mining Co. Ground

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.18813, 37.74467 (WGS84)
Elevation 1731
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1.5 AIRMILES N40E FROM SUMMIT OF VINDICATOR MOUNTAIN, 300m., 300m.

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)

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 002S 043E 19,20 SE (19); SW (20) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON SOUTH SLOPE OF MCMAHON RIDGE; SOUTH OF THE DAISY MINE (EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Tellurium Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • UNUSUALLY HIGH RATIO OF AG TO AU IN THESE ORES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Alunite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Alunitization

Analytical data

Result 2 ASSAYS RAN 48.2 OZ/TON AU, 88.1 OZ/TON AG AND 814.65 OZ/TON AU, 579.85 OZ/TON AG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Milltown Andesite
    Rock description Milltown Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Chronological age 21.5
    Dating method K-Ar
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Chronological age 21.5
    Dating method K-Ar

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.18813, 37.74467
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike E-W
    Dip 75 N (DOWN TO 100-FT LEVEL, BUT DIP IS S BELOW THAT)
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissured Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Goldfield District; Diamondfield Subdistrict

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT 150-FT DEEP WITH 3 LEVELS IN 1905; SMALL STOPES ABOVE 100-FT LEVEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, F.L., 1909, USGS PP 66, P. 110, P. 250.

  • Deposit

    NBMG REPORT 19, P. 65-66

  • Production

    RANSOME, F.L., 1909, USGS PP 66 P. 250.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LODE-LIKE LEDGE, PROBABLY THE "SOUTH VEIN" OF THE DAISY MINE. ORE CAME FROM SMALL STOPES ABOVE THE 100-FT LEVEL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-82 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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

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