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Aretic 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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045178
MRDS ID M232863
Record type Site
Current site name Aretic Mine
Alternate or previous names Gold Park Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.55622, 39.13048 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Park(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)

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 015N 039E 25,36 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Chalcopyrite Gangue
Galena Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Window In Tertiary Volcanic Rocks

Ore body information

  • Strike N30E
    Dip 50SE
    Thickness 1.83M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE QUARTZ VEINS RANGE IN THICKNESS FROM A FEW INCHES TO 6 FEET AND GENERALLY STRIKE NORTHEAST AND DIP STEEPLY SOUTHESST. THE VEINS CUT META-ANDESITE. THE OXIDE ZONE EXTENDS TO A DEPTH OF 250 FT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Jackson District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT $5000 WAS PRODUCED THROUGH 1969.

Comments on the workings information

  • AN INCLINED SHAFT, TWO ADITS, AND NUMEROUS SMALL STOPES; WITH 200 FT OF DRIFTS AT THE 200-FT LEVEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 88.

  • Deposit

    YORK, BERNARD, 1936, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON GOLD PARK MINES, NBMG FILES

  • Deposit

    NASH, A.D., 1930, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON GOLD PARK MINE, NBMG FILES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS MINE IS PART OF THE GOLD PARK GROUP OF CLAIMS, WHICH THE NEVADA MINING CO. ACQUIRED IN 1893. A STAMP MILL WAS BUILT. THE ARCTIC MINE IS DEVELOPED BY AN INCLINED SHAFT, TWO ADITS, AND NUMEROUS SMALL STOPES ALONG A QUARTZ VEIN. THERE ARE 200 FT OF DRIFTS AT THE 200-FT LEVEL. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit QUARTZ VEINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 Flynn, Patricia Dodd Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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