Goldfield District

Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Potassium, Bismuth, Tin, Antimony
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001656
MRDS ID W002900
Record type District
Current site name Goldfield District
Related records 10310328, 10310417, 10310418, 10310419

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.23341, 37.71025 (WGS84)

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Potassium Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) SILICIFICATION
  • (Local) OXIDATION

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 154
USGS model code 25e
Deposit model name Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Mark3 model number 38

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.23341, 37.71025

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Discovery year 1902
Discoverer Harry Stimler & Wm Marsh
Year of first production 1904

Mining district

District name GOLDFIELD DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.