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Commonwealth Mine

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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  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 10046699
MRDS ID M241898
Record type Site
Current site name Commonwealth Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.19369, 37.71217 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position ABOUT 2.3 MI EAST OF GOLDFIELD; ABOUT 1.0 MILE DUE SOUTH OF BANNER MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003S;002S 043E;043E 06;31 N2 (06) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON NORTH SLOPE OF RIDGE EAST OF BLUE BULL AND SIMMERONE MINES. 11 PATENTED CLAIMS COVERING 128 ACRES. UTM IS TO APPROXIMATELY CENTER OF CLAIM.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.19369, 37.71217
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Caldera Ring Fracture Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Goldfield District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • COMMONWEALTH SHAFT SUNK TO 400 FT; SUPERFICIAL WORKINGS. LATERAL WORKINGS AT THE 100 FT, 275 FT AND 400 FT LEVELS. ALSO AN INCLINED SHAFT 100 FT DEEP WITH A 100-FT DRIFT

Comments on development

  • 1904-1908-SMALL LOTS OF ORE SHIPPED FROM SHALLOW WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, F.L., 1909, USGS P.P. 66,. P. 245

  • Deposit

    NBMG REPORT 33, P. 77-86.

  • Deposit

    TURNER, 1911, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE GOLDFIELD COMMONWEALTH MINING CO. PROPERTY: NBMG FILE 91, ITEM 11.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL IRREGULAR MASSES WITHIN DACITIC LEDGE MATERIAL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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