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Gates Mine

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Clay, Talc-Soapstone
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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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  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 10046852
MRDS ID M242069
Record type Site
Current site name Gates Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.72703, 37.42439 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position 3.5 MILES BY ROAD SE OF DEAN MILL JUNCTION ON STATE HIGHWAY 3.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sylvania Mountains(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Last Chance Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006S 038E 11 SW OF SE Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 800 FT SW OF KING MINE AND 1400 FT WSW OF THE WHITE KING EXTENSION MINE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary
Talc-Soapstone Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE IS COMMONLY SHEARED AND BROKEN INTO FINE-GRAINED, FLAKY, LIGHT-COLORED MATERIAL. LESS COMMONLY, THE ORE IS MASSIVE BUT CUT BY NUMEROUS SHEAR SURFACES. CHLORITE IS THE MOST ABUNDANT ORE MINERAL WITH TALC EQUAL TO IT OR IN LESSER AMOUNTS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chlorite Ore
Talc Ore
Calcite Gangue
Plagioclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Tremolite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Strong

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Reed Dolomite
    Rock description Reed Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.72703, 37.42439
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults, Generally Trending Nw

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Length 213.36M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Igneous Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1940
Discoverer Justin Gates
Year of first production 1941

Mining district

District name Sylvania (Green Mountain) Mine

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 19.81M

Comments on the workings information

  • 5 OPEN PITS, 65 - FT SHAFT

Comments on development

  • MOST EXPLORATION AND MINING WAS DONE BY LESSEES. FOR THE FIRST SEVERAL YEARS, BEGINNING ABOUT 1941, ALL MINING WAS UNDERGROUND FROM THE 65 - FT SHAFT NEAR N. EDGE OF LARGEST OPEN PIT. H.N. STEWART LEASED THE PROPERTY FROM ABOUT 1945 TO 1970 WHEN HE MINED MOST OF THE LARGEST OPEN PIT AND ALL OF THE SMALLER PITS TO THE NORTHWEST

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K.G., 1975, NBMG BULL 84, P. 37-39.

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 1982, FIELD INSPECTION, JUNE 4, 1982

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TALCOSE BODIES ARE EXPOSED FOR 700 FT IN A NW-SE ZONE ALONG OR NEAR THE CONTACT BETWEEN THE DOLOMITE AND THE IGNEOUS ROCKS, OR IN THE IGNEOUS ROCKS. ORE BODIES TREND NW TO W, AND ARE IRREGULAR WITH SHARP UNDULATING CONTACTS WITH ADJACENT ROCKS. SOME CONTACTS ARE FAULTS.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1939-1941

Reporter information

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

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