Mine detail: Goldfield District

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

37.71025, -117.23341

Resource(B)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Lead, Copper, Silver
Tertiary:	Bismuth, Potassium, Tin, Antimony
Discovery year:	1902

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	SILICIFIED ZONES AT SHEAR INTERSECTIONS
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1904

Geology

Structure:	COLUMBIA MT. FAULT, N-S, WITH LEFT LATERAL OFFSETS AT INTERSECTIONS WITH E-W FAULTS (800-900 FT OFFSET)., TERTIARY DEPOSITS, DOMED AND FAULTED POST MIOCENE: NS AND EW FAULTS, STEEP DIP
Alteration processes:	SILICIFICATION, HYDROTHERMAL, OXIDATION

References

MRDS	W002900
DEP	60001656
Reference	{Deposit:: RANSOME, F. L. 1909, GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOLDFIELD, NEV.: USGS PROF. PAPER 66, 258 P.}{Deposit:: SEARLS, F. JR., 1948, GEOL AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOLDFIELD, NEV.: NEVADA UNIV. BULL., V42, NO 5, GEOLOGY AND MINING SER. 48, 24 P.}{Deposit:: KOSCHMANN, A. H. AND BERGENDAHL, M. H., 1968; PRINCIPAL GOLD PRODUCING DISTRICTS OF THE UNITED STATES: USGS PROF. PAPER 610}{Deposit:: SPURR, J E, 1905, THE ORES OF GOLDFIELD, NEV.: USGS BULL. NO. 260, P. 132-139.}{Deposit:: LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DIST AND MIN. RES. NEV.: RENO, NEV. NEWSLETTER PUB., P. 67-73.}{Deposit:: ALBERS, J.P. AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 78, P. 67-69.}