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Duluth Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044172
MRDS ID M231533
Record type Site
Current site name Duluth Mine
Alternate or previous names Golden Eagle Mine, Ole Peterson Mine, Black Mule Claim, July Claim, Climax Claim, Shale Claim,, Gold Knob Claim, White Shaft.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.77594, 39.06464 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Relative position 1.15 MILES SW OF PHONOLITE TOWNSITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Burnt Cabin Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
014N 037E 24 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE APPROXIMATELY LOCATED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Pervasive But Weak Silicification, Argillization

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 151
USGS model code 25d
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Sado
Mark3 model number 28

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.77594, 39.06464
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Northwest Striking Narrow Slips; North Striking Breccia-Filled Zones; Northeast Striking Fault

Ore body information

  • General form CHIMNEY-LIKE ORE SHOOT
    Strike ONE N65-75E, OTHER N05W
    Dip ONE 90, OTHER 60NE
    Length 4.27M
    Width 2.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along Fractures, Faults, And Quartz Cemented Breccias.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Bruner District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Chisholm, John And Erwin, George
    First year 1938
  • Type Owner
    Owner Peterson, Mrs. Esther
    Home office Atkin, Minn., 56431

Comments on the production information

  • ESTIMATED PRODUCTION OF $70,000 BETWEEN 1936-1944

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO CONNECTED ADITS STOPES, PLUS 2 SHAFTS.

Comments on development

  • OPERATED IN 1936 BY PETERSON AS THE GOLDEN EAGLE MINE. IT IS ONE OF SEVERAL ADJOINING PROPERTIES PURCHASED BY KANSAS CITY-NEVADA CONSOLIDATED MINES CO. IN 1915.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 27

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 1981,FIELD EXAMINATION, 5 AUG, 1981

  • Deposit

    NBMG FILE 217, ITEM 3.

  • Production

    KRAL, 1951, P. 27

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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