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Hill of Gold Mine

Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10310344
MRDS ID M241884
Record type Site
Current site name Hill of Gold Mine
Alternate or previous names Hill of Gold Prospect
Related records 10046686

Comments on the site identification

  • This record contain all data from earlier MRDS record # M241884 plus additional material.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.27092, 38.02466 (WGS84)
Relative position The property is located about 5 miles SW of Tonopah, NV on U.S. Highway 95.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(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 002N 042E 15 C, W2, SW, 15. Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Ore Materials: gold

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock
    Rock type qualifier rhyolitic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Oddie Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Fraction Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.27092, 38.02466
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form tabular

Comments on the geologic information

  • Drill holes encountered spotty gold mineralization.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes

Mining district

District name Divide District
District name (Gold Mountain District)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area
Area name Tonopah BLM Administrative District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Eastfield Resources, Ltd.
    Year 2004

Comments on the workings information

  • The early mine was developed by a shaft and underground workings. There is an old mill foundation on the property. There was a metal building on the site from about 1977 to 1979 or so with piles of ore near it.

Comments on other economic factors

  • In 1988 the property contained a reported 500,000 tons grading 0.04 ounces of gold per ton and 0.4 ounces of silver per ton. Estimated reserves and resources in 2004 were 6.3 million tons of material grading 0.023 ounces of gold per ton.
    Reserves at the Hill of Gold deposit in 1988 were reported as 500 Kilotonnes of ore grading 0.04 opt Au and 0.4 opt Ag.
    In 1996, reserves were reported as 1.629 million tons grading 0.026 ounces of gold per ton.

Comments on development

  • Meridian Land and Mineral Co. of Billings, Montana owned the property in 1982. Meridian had about 150 claims over the area. The mine dumps were trenched for sampling and Meridian did some drilling in 1982 north of the shaft.
    The property was evaluated in 1991-93.
    Eastfield Resources, Ltd. controlled the property in 2004.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Gold mineralization occurs along a northeast - trending fault which separates Tertiary Oddie Rhyolite and Fraction Tuff.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-2002 LaPointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Editor 01-SEP-2007 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey Converted from S&A FileMaker format to Oracle. Edit checks on rocks, units, and ages with Geolex search, and other fields.

Beyond USGS

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

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