| Deposit ID | 60001656 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W002900 |
| Record type | District |
| Current site name | Goldfield District |
| Related records | 10310328, 10310417, 10310418, 10310419 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.23341, 37.71025 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Esmeralda(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Goldfield(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(hydrologic unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Esmeralda |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Potassium | Tertiary |
| Bismuth Critical | Tertiary |
| Tin Critical | Tertiary |
| Antimony Critical | Tertiary |
| Model code | 154 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 25e |
| Deposit model name | Epithermal quartz-alunite Au |
| Mark3 model number | 38 |
| (1) | -117.23341, 37.71025 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | COLUMBIA MT. FAULT, N-S, WITH LEFT LATERAL OFFSETS AT INTERSECTIONS WITH E-W FAULTS (800-900 FT OFFSET). |
| Type of structure | Regional |
| Structure description | TERTIARY DEPOSITS, DOMED AND FAULTED POST MIOCENE: NS AND EW FAULTS, STEEP DIP |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Discovery year | 1902 |
| Discoverer | Harry Stimler & Wm Marsh |
| Year of first production | 1904 |
| District name | GOLDFIELD DISTRICT |
|---|
RANSOME, F. L. 1909, GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOLDFIELD, NEV.: USGS PROF. PAPER 66, 258 P.
SEARLS, F. JR., 1948, GEOL AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOLDFIELD, NEV.: NEVADA UNIV. BULL., V42, NO 5, GEOLOGY AND MINING SER. 48, 24 P.
SPURR, J E, 1905, THE ORES OF GOLDFIELD, NEV.: USGS BULL. NO. 260, P. 132-139.
LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DIST AND MIN. RES. NEV.: RENO, NEV. NEWSLETTER PUB., P. 67-73.
ALBERS, J.P. AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 78, P. 67-69.
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
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