Mine detail: Goldfield Deep Mines Co.

Previously called 'C.O.D.And Goldfield Merger PropertiesConsolidation of Former CommonwealthBlue BullAtlanta'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.71439, -117.21035

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver, Copper
Tertiary:	Tin, Antimony
Ore:	Enargite, Famatinite
Gangue:	Alunite, Kaolinite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1925

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Dacite,Latite,Andesite
Associated rock:	Milltown Andesite
Associated type:	Dacite,Latite,Andesite
Alteration processes:	Silicification Along Nw-Dipping Fissures; Kaolinization; Pyritization; Alunitization

References

MRDS	M241909
DEP	10046709
Reference	{Deposit:: LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, NEVADA MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES: NEVADA NEWSLETTERS, RENO, NV.}{Deposit:: SEARLS, F., 1948, NBMG BULL. 48.}{Deposit:: WEED, W.H., ED., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XV, P. 1210-1211, 1213}{Deposit:: NBMG REPORT 33, P. 77-86}{Deposit:: RANSOME, F.L., 1909, USGS P.P. 66, P 243-244}{Deposit:: TURNER, 1911, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE GOLDFIELD COMMONWEALTH MINING CO. PROPERTY: NBMG FILE 91, ITEM 11.}
Reporter	La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.)