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Gold Stakeminemine

Past Producer in Lincoln 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037352
MRDS ID M032036
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Stakeminemine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.5239, 37.69386 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 70 MILES N OF ALAMO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chief Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Meadow Valley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
03S 67E 18 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1982

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.5239, 37.69386
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike IRREGULAR, ABOUT S20W; ALSO VEINS AT N15-25W
    Dip 70E TO VERTICAL.
    Length 47.24M
    Width 1.22M
  • General form TABULAR
    Dip 70E TO VERTICAL.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Diorite Dike, Brecciation, Fault Gouge Zone.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GOLD STAKE VEIN FOLLOWS ALTERED DIORITE DIKE. ENECHELON VEINS IN QUARTZITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1892

Mining district

District name Chief

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • REPORTEDLY ASSAYS $3-$27 FOR 70 FEET (1936)

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN WORKINGS ARE 3 INACCESSIBLE SHAFTS AND 2 PITSAND A 285-FT TUNNEL IN 1936.AND A 285-FT TUNNEL IN 1936.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TSCHANTZ CM & PAMPEYAN EH, 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO, NEV BUR MINES BULL 73

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, E, 1936, GEOLOGY OF THE CHIEF DISTRICT, LINCOLN CO., BULL OF NEVADA NO. 26

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE CONSISTS OF ZONES OF BRECCIATED QUARTZITE CEMENTED BY IRON OXIDE. EN ECHELON VEINS FOLLOW AN ALTERED DIORITE DIKE. VEIN CONSISTS OF CRUSHED QUARTZITE AND GOUGE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1980 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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