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Gossan

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper, 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. Land status
  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 10047212
MRDS ID M242477
Record type Site
Current site name Gossan

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.48453, 37.94827 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Paymaster Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Big Smoky Valley(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 001N 040E 0916 PROJECTED FROM EAST Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED AREA. EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
  • SOUTH OF THE GOLD EAGLE, ACCESSIBLE BY 4 WHEEL DRIVE ON DIRTROAD. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Plumbojarosite Ore
Smithsonite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching, Sericitization Of Granite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Mule Springs
    Rock description Mule Springs

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.48453, 37.94827
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N5E
    Dip 75-80 NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Igneous Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • POSSIBLE PRESENCE OF A PORPHYRY CU DEPOSIT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Lone Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 30M

Comments on the workings information

  • 40-FT INCLINED SHAFT
  • 30-METER SHAFT, SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS ON PROPERTY

Comments on development

  • POSSIBLY A FEW TONS OF OXIDE ORE PRODUCED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BONHAM,H.F., JR., 1979, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NBMG OFR 83-8, 83-11, 1983

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZED ZONE OCCURS ALONG CONTACT BETWEEN SILICATED AND MARBELMINERALIZED ROCK IS A GOSSAN WITH PLUMBOJAROSITE, SMITHSONITE AND CU OXIDES. GRANITE PORPHYRY IS BLEACHED AND SERICITIZED, INTRUDING A SMALL DIORITE BODY AS WELL AS MULE SPRINGS LIMESTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1985 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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