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East Golden Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10098587
MRDS ID M231539
Record type Site
Current site name East Golden Mine
Alternate or previous names United Verde Mining Co. Property?

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.52593, 38.64965 (WGS84)
Elevation 2182
Relative position 1.51 MILES E-NE OF GOLDEN TOWNSITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Ardivey(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(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

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) The Tuff Is Bleached, Argillized, And Partly Silicified.

Analytical data

Result ONE VEIN IS WORTH $20 TO $30 PER TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Welded Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.52593, 38.64965
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Peavine Caldera Peripheral Zone.

Ore body information

  • Length 30.48M
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along A N60w Shear Zone Dipping 40-45 Sw

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1902
Discoverer Indians

Mining district

District name Cloverdale District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Barney Francisco

Comments on the production information

  • A FEW ORE SHIPMENTS WERE MADE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 457.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF THREE ADITS AND ONE SHAFT.

Comments on development

  • MINING BEGAN HERE PROBABLY ABOUT THE 1920'S. A SMALL MILL WAS INSTALLED IN THE 1920'S AND ANOTHER IN 1941 BUT RECOVERY WAS POOR, AND ONLY A FEW SMALL SHIPMENTS OF GOLD WERE MADE. EXPLORATORY WORK AND TESTING WERE DONE IN 1932 BY O. J. BELLEVILLE OF MINA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 46

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE VEINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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