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Combination Mine

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Tellurium, Copper, Bismuth, Zinc, Antimony, Arsenic
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Production statistics
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046700
MRDS ID M241899
Record type Site
Current site name Combination Mine
Alternate or previous names Later Part of Goldfield Consolidated Mines Co, After 1906-7. Combination Claim Group, Consisting of the Combination, Combination Nos 2 and 3, Hazel Queen, Golconda, Red Boy, Wonder, Mammoth, Goldstone, Victor Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.22452, 37.71273 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Relative position EAST OF THE CENTER OF GOLDFIELD; SOUTH OF COLUMBIA 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 042E;042E 01,02;35,36 W2 OF W2 (01); NE (02); SE (35); SW (36) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 10 CLAIMS COVERING 175 ACRES. . UTM IS TO MAIN SHAFT ON COMBINATION CLAIM.. UTM IS TO ONE MAIN SHAFT ON THE COMBINATION CLAIM. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Tellurium Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bismuthinite Ore
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Famatinite Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Alunite Gangue
Clay Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Marcasite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Alunitization, Silicification, Pyritization, Argillization

Analytical data

Result GOLD, LEAD, AND SILVER USEFUL AS INDICATOR ELEMENTS IN EXPLORING FOROREBODIES HERE. ORE SHIPPED IN 1905 AVERAGED 20.22 OZ /T AU AND 2.8 OZ/T AG.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 154
USGS model code 25e
Deposit model name Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Mark3 model number 38

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Rock unit name Milltown Andesite;Milltown Andesite
    Rock description Milltown Andesite;Milltown Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Chronological age 21.5
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Chronological age 21.5

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.22452, 37.71273
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faulting Parallel To Vein Contacts. Some Dacite Show Evidence Of Earlier Brecciation And Silicification

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
    Strike N50W
    Dip 15-30 NE TO 60-70 NE
    Thickness 15.24M
    Length 304.8M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture System; Caldera Ring Fracture Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE IS IN DACITE ON 80-AND 130-FT LEVELS; IN LATITE BELOW THE 180-FT LEVEL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1903
Discoverer A.D. Meyers And R.C. Hart Of Tonopah, (Grubstaked By A Group Of 8 Tonopah People)
Year of first production 1903

Mining district

District name Goldfield District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Davis-Goldfield Mining Corp
    First year 1966

Production statistics

  • Year 1904
    Material AUORE
    Description Ap_Grade: ^Avg. Gross Value $419/Ton. 20.22 Oz/Ton Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 571g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION BY THE ISH-SHEETS LEASE 1904-1908 WAS ABOUT $350,000. GROSS VALUE.

Comments on the workings information

  • VERTICAL SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 80,130,180,230,280, AND 380 FT., IN 1908, LARGE STOPES, SOME OPEN TO SURFACE AS GLORY HOLES.

Comments on development

  • THE COMBINATION GROUP WAS BONDED TO L.L. PATRICK IN SEPT., 1903. ORE SHIPMENTS BEGAN IN NOV., 1903.-WAS ONE OF THE 4 MAJOR PRODUCERS IN GOLDFIELD FROM 1904-1906. ON MARCH 1, 1907, COMBINATION MINE WAS SOLD TO GOLDFIELD CONSOLIDATED MINES CO. (GEORGE WINGFIELD AND SEN. NIXON.) 175 ACRE CLAIM GROUP. A 10-STAMP MILL WAS COMPLTED IN MAY, 1905, AND ENLARGED TO 20 STAMPS IN LATE 1905.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALBERS, J.P., AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, NBMG BULL. 78.

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: RENO, NEV., NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO.

  • Deposit

    SHAMBERGER, H.A., 1982, THE STORY OF GOLDFIELD; NEVADA HISTORICAL PRESS, CARSON CITY, NEVADA, 240 P.

  • Deposit

    NBMG REPORT 33, P. 77-86.

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 843-A, P. 1-48

  • Deposit

    COLLINS, E.A., 1907, MINING AND SCI. PRESS P. 397-399, P. 435-438

  • Production

    SHAMBERGER, H.A., 1982, P. 175; RANSOME, 1909, P. 209-210

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 MAIN "LEDGES" CONTAINING PAY SHOOTS; BOUNDED IN PLACES BY A FAULT-GOUGE ZONE. RICHEST SHOOTS FORMED VERTICAL PIPES OR "CHIMNEYS. ORE SHOOTS WERE ERRATIC IN DISTRIBUTION, AND INCLUDED BOTH OXIDE AND SULFIDE ORES. ORE ZONES FOUND IN SILICIFIED PORTIONS NO ORE IN MARGINAL ARGILLIZED AREAS. ORE ZONE BOUNDARIES WERE GRADATIONAL OVER SEVERAL FEET, RICHEST ORE FOUND BETWEEN 180 FT AND 230-FT LEVELS.
Deposit IN 1966, DAVID-GOLDFIELD MINING CO MADE 2 DEEP EXPLORATORY CUTS JUST EAST OF THE COMBINATION AND JANUARY SHAFTS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAR-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey

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