Golconda Gold Ledge

Past Producer in Humboldt 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10246875
MAS/MILS ID 0320130506
Record type Site
Current site name Golconda Gold Ledge
Alternate or previous names Kramer Hill Mine - 0320130505

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.50376, 40.92569 (WGS84)
Elevation 1536
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pole Creek(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)

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 08 NW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.50376, 40.92569

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Golconda District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Golconda Gold Ledge Mining Co.
    Year 1938

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 6995, 1938, P. 22-23.

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, VOL. I -

  • Deposit

    NORTHERN NEVADA & NORTHWESTERN UTAH, P. 90.

  • Deposit

    NOTE: THIS MINE HAS BEEN DESTROYED BY THE KRAMER HILL MINE

  • Deposit

    OPEN PIT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-FEB-91 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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