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Golconda Mine

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Manganese, Tungsten
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10173633
MRDS ID W016345
MAS/MILS ID 0320130043
Record type Site
Current site name Golconda Mine
Alternate or previous names Golconda

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.40036, 40.95569 (WGS84)
Elevation 1469
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Golconda(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 035 N 040 E 01 NWNWNW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Dolomite Unknown
Psilomelane Unknown
Siderite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.40036, 40.95569
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N25E
    Dip 00W
    Thickness 1M
    Length 1464M
    Width 549M
    Area 80HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin EVAPORATION
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SERICITIC
    Strike And Dip N25E:00W
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 80
    Date of Last Modification 830421

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1890

Mining district

District name Golconda District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gold Belt Partners Ltd
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1972

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 100HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Swell Factor .6
    Percent Waste Rock 0
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 0
    Hardness of Ore HARD ROCKS
    Capacity 100
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 0
    Unit Production Cost 3
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1973

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES RPT.2, 1962, P.23

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF PAPER 318,1959,P.64,FIG.4

  • Deposit

    MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO, 1964, P.114

  • Deposit

    P.114

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-JUL-90 Lipton, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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