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Mellan Gold Mines Group

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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046759
MRDS ID M241964
Record type Site
Current site name Mellan Gold Mines Group
Alternate or previous names Golden Leo Claims, Viola Claims, Vista, Vivian, Lottie, Colorado, Jackson and Forked Willow Claims.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.58783, 37.70856 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 300m To Area Of Workings On Mellan Mountain

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mellan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cactus Flat(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)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003S 048E 03 N2 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • DISTRICT IS NOW PART OF THE SANDIA ROCKET-TESTING RANGE. 13 MILES EAST ACROSS CACTUS FLAT FROM CACTUS SPRING. 14 CLAIMS COVERING ABOUT 220 ACRES ON MELLAN MOUNTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SAMPLES RANGED FROM .08 TO .76 OZ/T AU WITH LITTLE AG.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification Of Rhyolite

Analytical data

Result 4 SAMPLES CONTAINING PRIMARILY GOLD VALUES RANGED BETWEEN $17 AND $27 PER TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvium, undifferentiated
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NW
    Dip 50 NE TO NEAR VERTICAL
    Thickness 1.83M
    Length 548.64M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Of Rhyolite Hanging Wall And Quartz Porphyry Footwall

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1930
Discoverer Jess And Hazel Mellan
Year of first production 1939

Mining district

District name Mellan Mountain District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mellan, Hazel
    First year 1951

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 438.91M
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS INCLUDE A 400-FT INCLINED SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 40, 80, 160 AND 400 FT WITH LATERALS TOTALLING ABOUT 700 FT; A 100-FT SHAFT WITH A 40-FT DRIFT ON THE 50-FT LEVEL; 600 FT OF WORKINGS ON THE 100-FT LEVEL; AND A 100-FT ADIT

Comments on development

  • DANIELS LEASE WAS PRODUCING FROM NORTH PORTION OF GOLDEN LEO CLAIM IN 1934

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CORNWALL, H., 1977, NBMG BULL 72, P. 38-39

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, NBMG BULL 50, P. 131-132

  • Deposit

    TURNER, J.K., 1934, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE MELLAN GOLD MINES INC.; NBMG FILE 219, ITEM 4.

  • Production

    KRAL, 1951, P. 131-132

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AU-AG ORE OCCURS IN SHEAR ZONES IN RHYOLITE AND SHALE: FISSURE FILLINGS AND REPLACEMENTS. 3 VEINS PLUS CROSS VEINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-83 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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