Mine detail: Gold Circle District (Midas)

Previously called 'Elko Prince Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

41.2438, -116.80095

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Discovery year:	1907

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	FISSURE VEINS, LODES, REPLACEMENT
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1908

Geology

Structure:	NW TRENDING FAULTS, VOLCANIC CENTERS (SEVERAL AGES)
Alteration processes:	HYDROTHERMALLY BLEACHED ZONE, 3 SQ MILES

References

MRDS	W002898
DEP	60001654
Reference	{Deposit:: ROTT, E H. 1931, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GOLD CIRCLE MINING DISTRICT, ELKO CO., NEV.: NEVADA UNIV: BULL., V. 25, NO. 5, 30 P.}{Deposit:: KOSCHMANN, A H AND BERGENDAHL, M H, 1968, PRINCIPAL GOLD PRODUCING DISTRICTS IN THE U.S.: USGS PROF. PAPER 610, P. 176}{Deposit:: EMMONS, W. H., 1910, RECON. OF MINING CAMPS IN ELKO, LANDER, EUREKA COS., NEVADA: USGS BULL. 408, P. 48}{Deposit:: ROBERTS ETAL, 1971, GOLD BEARING DEPOSITS, NEV AND IDAHO: ECON GEOL, VOL 66 NO 1 P. 30}