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Golden Ensign

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Tungsten, Copper, Lead, Molybdenum, Zinc
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045514
MRDS ID M233278
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Ensign
Alternate or previous names Silver Banner

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.9476, 41.82268 (WGS84)
Elevation 1747
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES SE OF MTN-CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mountain City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jarbidge Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Owyhee(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(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 Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
045N;045N 053E;054E 01;06 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Tungsten Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Stephanite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyromorphite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.9476, 41.82268
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Mountain City

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION BETWEEN $5000 AND $100,000 WORTH INCLUDING SOME COPPER & TUNGSTEN

Comments on development

  • EARLY PRODUCTION WAS GOLD-SILVER, WITH MINOR TUNGS TEN PRODUCTION IN ABOUT THE 1950'S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, R.M., 1976, MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELK. COUNTY, NEVADA, U.S.G.S. OPEN FILE REPT. 1976-56

  • Production

    SMITH, R.M. 71976) P 126.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN
Deposit PRODUCTION FIGURE FROM SMITH P. 126. PRODUCTION OF TUNGSTEN IS RECORDED FROM THE MINE IN 1950'S (?), BUT MAJOR PRODUCTION WAS GOLD-SILVER. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Taylor, J. K. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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