Mine detail: Gold Point Mine Northern Workings

Previously called 'Gold-Bearing Ledge Claim.Golden Rod Claim Group'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.82244, -115.3692

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver, Lead, Copper, Tungsten
Gangue:	Calcite, Chert, Hematite, Limonite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1914

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
Last production ended:	1971

Geology

Host rock:	Joana Limestone;Chainman/Shale
Host type:	Shale,Limestone
Associated rock:	Silver Spring Stock
Associated type:	Dacite
Structure:	Thrust Faults
Alteration processes:	Silicification; Jasperoidization By Descending Solutions From Overlying Volcanics And Siliceous Shale

References

MRDS	M233489
DEP	10045696
Reference	{Deposit:: LUMSDEN, W.W., JR., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHERN WHITE PINE RANGE AND NORTHERN HORSE RANGE, NEV: UCLA PH D. THESIS, 249 P.}{Deposit:: WIRE, J.C., 1961, GEOLOGY OF THE CURRANT CREEK DISTRICT, NYE AND WHITE PINE COUNTIES, NEVADA: UCLA MA, THESIS, 154 P.}{Deposit:: KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO., NEV: NBMG BULL. (IN PRESS)}{Deposit:: CRANDELL, W.D., 1977, BLM REPORT, EGAN BLM DISTRICT, MINERAL RESOURCE ANALYSIS OF THE DUCKWATER PLANNING UNIT (407) IN THE ELY DISTRICT. (UPDATE)}{Deposit:: E & MJ., VOL. 41, NO. 7., P. 75.}{Deposit:: JONES, R.B. & BENTZ, J., FIELD EXAMINATION; 10 JULY 1981.}{Production:: NBM BULL., STAGER, H.K. (IN PREP JAN 1984)}
Reporter	La Pointe, D. D.