Gold Circle

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045553
MRDS ID M233320
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Circle
Alternate or previous names Gold Circle Group, Bam Gerger Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.80956, 41.26406 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oregon Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tuscarora(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rock(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 039N 046E 17 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result SEE CARPER (1920) M. B. OF M. DISTRICT FILES

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.80956, 41.26406

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description North Trending Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NW
    Dip 87NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Zone Of Crushed Fault Gouge Rhyolite

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE VEINS (THERE ARE TWO SMALL VEINS ON THE PROPERTY) HAVE BEEN SLIGHTLY BRECUATED AND ARE RED COLORED DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF HEMATITE ALONG W/QUARTZ AND TALC.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1910
Year of first production 1910

Mining district

District name Gold Circle

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 24.38M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, DRIFTS, SHORT ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRANGER A. E. ETAL(1957) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NV. NEV BUREAU OF MINES BULL 54

  • Deposit

    SMITH, R. M. (1976-56) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NV., NEV. BUREAR OF MINES, USGS OPEN-FILE RPT

  • Deposit

    CARPER A. F. (1920) REPORT ON BAMBERGER MINES CO., GOLD CIRCLE GROUP, N. B. OF M. MINING DIST. FILES.

  • Deposit

    EMMONS W. H. (1910) RECONNAISSANCE OF ELKO, LAUDER AND EUREKA CO., NEV., USGS BULL 408

  • Production

    SMITH, R. M. (1976)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FISSURE VEINS IN ZONE OF CRUSHED FAULT GOUGE RHYOLITE CARRY NATIVE GOLD
Deposit DEVELOPEMENT CONSISTS OF A 80 FT. DEEP SHAFT ON THE WEST VEIN, DRIFTS, AND SHORT ADITS. CARPER IN HIS REPORT HAS INCLUDED A CLAIM MAP, AND GEOLOGIC SKETCH MAP OF THE AREA ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Kirkham, Richard A. 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.