Pedro Goff Mine

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  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 10103942
MRDS ID M231368
Record type Site
Current site name Pedro Goff Mine
Alternate or previous names Goff Mine, Daley Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.03427, 40.61518 (WGS84)
Elevation 1692
Relative position 7 MILES WSW OF TOWN OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Galena Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Reese(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 032N 044E 28,29 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 400 FT. N. OF THE CHASE SHAFT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels
    Rock unit name Harmony Formation
    Rock description Harmony Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.03427, 40.61518

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Dewitt Thrust Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description N-, Nw; And Ne-Trending Faults; Pebble Dike

Ore body information

  • General form BALNKET TO IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1937

Mining district

District name Battle Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FROM 1937 TO 1954 WAS 218.4 TONS ORE, AVERAGING 0.006 OZ/TON AU; 0.25 OZ/TON AG; 3.88% CU; AND HAVING A TOTAL VALUE OF $2594.43

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 30.48M
    Overall depth 19.51M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, DRIFT

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SECONDARY ENRICHMENT
Deposit WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 64-FT DEEP SHAFT WITH A 100-FT DRIFT TO THE NORTH. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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