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Gold Point Mine Northern Workings

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045696
MRDS ID M233489
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Point Mine Northern Workings
Alternate or previous names Golden Rod Claim Group, Gold-Bearing Ledge Claim.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.3692, 38.82244 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 0.8 MI N. OF U.S. HGWY 6, 4.6 MILES WEST OF CURRANT SUMMIT, Utm 250m To Area Of Many Workings

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Currant Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Duckwater(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hot Creek-Railroad Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011N 059E 08,17 SW (08); NW (17) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Chert Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification; Jasperoidization By Descending Solutions From Overlying Volcanics And Siliceous Shale

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES FROM MAIN ADIT DUMPS SHOW LITTLE MINERALIZATION.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Rock unit name Silver Spring Stock
    Rock description Silver Spring Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Joana Limestone;Chainman/Shale
    Rock description Joana Limestone;Chainman/Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.3692, 38.82244
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thrust Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NNW TO N-S
    Dip MODERATELY TO STEEPLY E
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone; Brecciation

Comments on the geologic information

  • PEBBLE DIKES NOTED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1914
Year of last production 1971

Mining district

District name Currant District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gold Crown Ventures
    First year 1981
  • Type Owner
    Owner Gail Schmardebeck, Earl Larson, Gary Jones (Owners Since
    First year 1981
    Last year 1961

Comments on the production information

  • 590 TONS ORE PRODUCED IN 1940 YIELDED $4278.00, BY CURRANT CREEK MINING CO., BUT ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION HAS GONE UNRECORDED SEVERAL CARLOADS OF ORE WERE PRODUCED. A LITTLE TUNGSTEN ORE MAY HAVE BEEN PRODUCED IN 1954-1961.

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 ADITS, SMALL CUTS

Comments on development

  • EQUIPMENT ON THE PROPERTY IN APRIL, 1972, INDICATED ORE WAS BEING PROCESSED. COMSTOCK-GOLD POINT MINES CO. SHIPPED 200 TONS ORE TO THE MCGILL SMELTER FROM (SOUTH WORKINGS) HEREIN 1940. CURRANT CREEK MINING CO. WAS SHIPPING ORE FROM HERE IN 1940 GOLD POINT CURRANT CREEK MINES CO. FORMED IN LATE 1940 AS A CONSOLIDATION OF THE COMSTOCK GOLD PINT AND THE CURRANT CREEK MINING CO., WHICH TOGETHER REPORTED 500 TONS ORE PRODUCED FROM BOTH WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LUMSDEN, W.W., JR., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHERN WHITE PINE RANGE AND NORTHERN HORSE RANGE, NEV: UCLA PH D. THESIS, 249 P.

  • Deposit

    WIRE, J.C., 1961, GEOLOGY OF THE CURRANT CREEK DISTRICT, NYE AND WHITE PINE COUNTIES, NEVADA: UCLA MA, THESIS, 154 P.

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO., NEV: NBMG BULL. (IN PRESS)

  • Deposit

    CRANDELL, W.D., 1977, BLM REPORT, EGAN BLM DISTRICT, MINERAL RESOURCE ANALYSIS OF THE DUCKWATER PLANNING UNIT (407) IN THE ELY DISTRICT. (UPDATE)

  • Deposit

    E & MJ., VOL. 41, NO. 7., P. 75.

  • Deposit

    JONES, R.B. & BENTZ, J., FIELD EXAMINATION; 10 JULY 1981.

  • Production

    NBM BULL., STAGER, H.K. (IN PREP JAN 1984)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit JASPEROID ZONE; LIMONITE-STAINED SHEAR ZONES; SILICIFIED BRECCIA ZONE; JASPEROID STRIKES N30-40E.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-81 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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