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Gold Zone Divide Mining Co. Property

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Molybdenum
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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. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046807
MRDS ID M242019
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Zone Divide Mining Co. Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.24008, 37.99244 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position ABOUT 5.2 AIRMILES SOUTH OF CENTER OF TONOPAH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mud Lake NW(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 002N 042E 26,27,34,35 SW (26); SE (27); NE (34); NW (35) Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 9 CLAIMS ADJOINING THE TONOPAH-DIVIDE ON THE SOUTH. UTM IS TO NEAR CENTER OF CLAIM BLOCK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Potassic, Phyllic, Propylitic, Zoned Around Fractures And Faults: Silicification; Argillic Alteration

Analytical data

Result AG-AU ORE UP TO $385/TON (1920)

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Divide Andesite;Oddie Rhyolite
    Rock description Divide Andesite;Oddie Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.24008, 37.99244
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 14.94M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1901
Year of first production 1901

Mining district

District name Divide District (Gold Mountain District)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Gold Zone Divide Mining Co., W. Forman, Pres.,
    First year 1923

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 2413.95M
    Overall depth 274.32M

Comments on the workings information

  • 900 FT SHAFT WITH CROSS CUTS TO VEIN ON 300, 500, 700, 800 AND 900 LEVELS; RAISES, INTERMEDIATE DRIFTS, AND A CONNECTION MADE WITH THE TONOPAH-DIVIDE ON 500-FT LEVEL

Comments on development

  • ACTIVE IN 1923. PRODUCED 1200 TONS OF $20 ORE TO MIO-1921

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN, F.C., 1923

  • Deposit

    KNOPF, ADOLPH, 1921, USGS BULL. 715-K.

  • Deposit

    NBMG REPORT 33, P. 124.

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 92, P. 121-128

  • Deposit

    WEED, W.H., ED., 1920, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL XIV, P. 1142.

  • Deposit

    WEED, W.H., ED. 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XV, P. 1215-1216

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED CLAIM MAP OF DIVIDE DISTRICT ON FILE AT NBMG

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE SHOOT ON 500-FT LEVEL 216 FT LONG, 4-7 FT WIDE, ASSAYING $18-$55/TON (1921)

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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