Gold Cash Mine

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead
Sections on this page
  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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044022
MRDS ID M231338
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Cash Mine
Alternate or previous names No Money

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.11344, 40.52546 (WGS84)
Elevation 1722
Relative position 13 MILES SW OF TOWN OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Galena Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Reese(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031N 043E 27 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • AT HEAD OF W FORK OF PHILADELPHIA CANYON

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result 0.6 OZ AU/TON
Result 4.5 OZ AG/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Harmony Formation
    Rock description Harmony Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.11344, 40.52546

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Dewitt Thrust, Golconda Thrust
Type of structure Local
Structure description N-S Trending Faults, E-W Trending Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, LENSES
    Strike E-W
    Dip 50N
    Thickness 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone, Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE OCCURRED AS LENTICULAR BODIES UP TO 3 FT. THICK ALONG FAULT ZONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1934
Year of first production 1935

Mining district

District name Battle Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW PITS, ADIT

Comments on development

  • WORKED INTERMITTENTLY BY LESSEES FROM 1934 TO 1943

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL SHALLOW PITS AND A 300-FT ADIT. GOLD CASH MINE WAS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY FROM 1934 TO 1943 BY LESSEES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.