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Free Gold No. 1 Claims

Past Producer in Nye 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046747
MRDS ID M241952
Record type Site
Current site name Free Gold No. 1 Claims
Alternate or previous names Sample Location 448, Free Gold and Extension Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.0498, 37.68523 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 10 AIRMLES S85E FROM CENTER OF GOLDFIELD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

East of Goldfield(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cactus-Sarcobatus Flats(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 03S 44E 16 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Argillization, Oxidation

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES CONTAINED UP TO 0.5 OZ/T AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvium, undifferentiated
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zones; Shear Intersections

Comments on the geologic information

  • SHAFT TO THE WEST EXPOSES A NORTH-TRENDING FAULT, HIGHLY FE-STAINED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Goldfield

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner O. J. Brince Field Of Goldfield And Emil Perolaz Of Reno
    First year 1951

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 701.04M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT; ADIT WITH 1800 FT OF WORKINGS AND SEVERAL SMALLER ADITS AND SHAFTS TOTALLING 500 FT

Comments on development

  • ONLY MINOR SHIPMENTS WERE MADE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 10 JUL 82.

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, NBMG BULL 51, P. 72-73

  • Deposit

    NORBERG, J.R., 1977, USBM, MINERAL RESOURCES IN THE VICINITY OF NELLIS AFB., ETC.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FE-OXIDE MATERIAL CONSINTRATED FAULT. ROCK IS LOCALLY SILICIFIED AND ARGILLIZED OVER A LARGE AREA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1983 Lyles, B.F. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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