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Goodman Property

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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103965
MRDS ID M231862
Record type Site
Current site name Goodman Property
Alternate or previous names Melbourn Groupgold Camp

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.70865, 38.19189 (WGS84)
Elevation 2042
Relative position ONE MILE ABOVE THE COLORADO GROUP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nyala(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Quinn Canyon Range(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 004N 056E 20 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 4 CLAIMS ABOUT A MILE ABOVE THE SPRING ON THE NW SIDE OF WILLOW CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Pole Canyon;Lincoln Peak
    Rock description Pole Canyon;Lincoln Peak

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.70865, 38.19189
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Post-Ore Crushing; N-Trending Fault Pipping 45e Cuts The Vein

Ore body information

  • Strike N67W
    Dip 40-70S
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 152.4M
    Width 0.46M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Main Vein Occurs Along Limestone/Rhyolite Contact.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GOLD IS USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE TALC.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1913
Discoverer Steve J. Pappas And William E. Blackwell

Mining district

District name Willow Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cassidy And Cater

Comments on the production information

  • APPROXIMATELY $25,000 WAS PRODUCED.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL ADITS.A DRIFT 150 FT LONG WITH 50-FT WINZE 30 FT FROM TUNNEL MOUTH. ONE ADIT IS CALLED THE GOODMAN TUNNEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, VE, 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 215

  • Deposit

    HILL, J.M.,1916, USGS BULL 648, P.151.

  • Deposit

    SIRDEVAN, W.H., 1913, UNPUBLISHED NOTES ON THE WILLOW CREEK MINING DISTRICT: NBMG FILE 262, ITEM 1.

  • Production

    KRAL, 1951, P. 213

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1981 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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