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Monte Cristo Tunnel

Past Producer in Esmeralda 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044562
MRDS ID M232053
Record type Site
Current site name Monte Cristo Tunnel
Alternate or previous names Tom Crown Lease, Homestake Claim, Goldenberg Tunnel
Related records 10310311

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.7026, 38.18299 (WGS84)
Elevation 1966
Relative position 0.9 MILES S-SW OF GILBERT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gilbert(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004N 038E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.7026, 38.18299
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30W
    Dip 80W
    Width 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Gilbert District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the production information

  • ONE SMALL SHIPMENT WAS MADE FROM THE MONTE CRISTO TUNNEL.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF THE 1,000 FEET LONG TOM CROWN TUNNEL, THE 500 FT GOLDENBERG TUNNEL, AND THE MONTE CRISTO TUNNEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FERGUSON, H.G., 1927, THE GILBERT DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 795-F, P. 142-143

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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