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Ohio Mines Corp. Tokop Group

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104124
MRDS ID M242390
Record type Site
Current site name Ohio Mines Corp. Tokop Group
Alternate or previous names Belle Brandon, Blue Ribbon, Gold Ridge, Gold Bridge, Haidee, Summit,, Summit Fraction, Aspen, Mogul, Paymaster, Upland, L.V. & T.,, Champion, Xray, Cyrano, Chanticler, Blue Bird, See More,, Fourth of September, Coo-Koo, Gold Crest, Tiger,, Gold Rock and Prairie Queen Claims, Xray, Marian, Naomi, Byron Allen Claims, NBMG Sample Sites 1178, 1179.
Related records 10295593

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.26174, 37.30134 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cactus-Sarcobatus Flats(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 007S 042E 21,22,27,28,33 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 24 CLAIMS COVERING 420 ACRES OVER THE MAIN TOKOP CAMP. TUM IS TO NEAR CENTER OF TOKOP OVER WICH CLAIMS EXTEND FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Covellite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS OF 24 SAMPLES OF VEIN MATERIAL RAN UP TO 0.68 OZ/T AU AND UP TO 2.4 OZ/T AG. (AVERAGE = 0.148 OZ/T AU
Result 0.633 OZ/T AG

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

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) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Wyman Formation
    Rock description Wyman
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.26174, 37.30134
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N60-70W
    Dip STEEPLY N TO VERTICAL
    Length 243.84M
    Width 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • EST. RESERVES 60,480 TONS., $9.85/TON (1930) FROM BELLE BRANDON VEIN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Tokop District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • 12-15 CARS ORE SHIPPED TO 1920

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS, SHAFTS, TUNNELS, STOPES. IN DETAIL: 20-FT SHAFT AND CUT ON COOKOO CLAIM; 20-FT SHAFT AND CUT ON CYRANO CLAIM; 3 SMALL CUTS ON CHANTICLER CLAIM; 3 TUNNELS (50, 50 AND 80 FT LONG) ON X-RAY CLAIM; 3 SMALL CUTS ON BELLE BRANDON CLAIM TUNNELS, DRIFTS, CUTS TOTALLING MORE THAN 270 FT ON BLUE RIBBON CLAIM; MAIN PROPERTY WORKINGS ARE ON GOLD BRIDGE CLAIM AND CONSIST OF ABOUT 1000 FT OF TUNNELS, CROSS CUTS, DRIFTS AND STOPES ON 4 OR MORE VEINS; 20-FT TUNNEL ON SUMMIT CLAIM; 60-FT INCLINE SHAFT, 2 CUTS ON GOLD RIDGE CLAIM 3 SMALL CUTS ON CHAMPION CLAIM; ONE SHALLOW SHAFT ON MARIAN CLAIM, 2 CUTS ON TIGER CLAIM.

Comments on development

  • ORE SHIPMENTS RAN $16.80-$31.00/TON (IN 1930). MOST IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENT WAS FROM THE DUNFEE SHAFT ON THE BLUE RIBBON VEIN. OWNED IN 1920 BY LES CHAMP D'OR FRENCH GOLD MINING CO. LTD. (MT. VERNON M. & M. CO.). LAST WORK DONE BY THEM WAS IN 1914 ; ACTIVE EXPLORATION (DIRLLING, MAPPING, SAMPLING) ONGOING IN 1983

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MACDONALD, BERNARD, 1930, REPORT ON THE MINING PROPERTIES OF THE OHIO MINES CORP.: NBMG FILE 92, ITEM 1

  • Deposit

    CARPER, A.F., 1920, UNPUBLISHED REPORT OF LES CHAMP D'OR FRENCH GOLD MINING CO., LTD (MT. VERNON MINING & MILLING CO.), GOLD MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICT; NBMG FILE 103, ITEM 2.

  • Deposit

    SMITH/BENTZ, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 6 MAY 83.

  • Production

    CARPER, A.F., 1920.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 9 WELL-DEFINED VEINS, PARALLEL.-SUMMIT CLAIM VEIN, FINNEY VEIN, DUNFEE VEIN, GOLD CREST CLAIM VEIN, TIGER CLAIM VEIN, VEIN ON BLUE RIBBON AND GOLD ROCK CLAIMS, XRAY CLAIM VEIN, BELLE BRANDON VEIN. (ANOTHER REPORT SAYS 14 DISTINCT VEINS ON THE CLAIMS. ALL ARE QUARTZ VEINS FILLING FAULT FISSURES IN BOTH LIMESTONE AND QUARTZ PORPHYRY

Reporter information

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

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