The Golden Chariot Mine is a gold mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,839 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 4,839 Feet (1,475 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 35.83778, -115.52389
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Golden Chariot Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Golden Chariot Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Platinum
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Goodsprings District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic replacement
Orebody
Form: VEIN IN SHEAR ZONE
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fracture Zones
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ONE ASSAY (UNVERIFIED) PT=0.5 OZ/TON (17 PPM). GRADE OF DEPOSIT: 0.105 OZ/TON AU (3.6 PPM), 0.45 OZ/TON AG (15 PPM), 14.65% CU, 0.5 OZ/TON PT (17 PPM). GOLD AT MILL REPORTED AT $20/TON
Materials
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. LOCATION GIVEN IS ON SHAFT SYMBOL WEST OF KEYSTONE MINE INFO FROM LAND.ST :49?
Comment (Production): ORE MILLED AT THE KEYSTONE MILL-SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS.
Comment (Deposit): MAP IN HEWETT, 1931. ORE IS IN IRON-STAINED SHEAR ZONES
Comment (Workings): 200 FT TUNNEL
References
Reference (Deposit): HEWETT, D.F., 1931, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUADRANGLE, NEVADA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 162, P. 107.
Reference (Deposit): LONGWELL, C.R., PAMPEYAN, E.H., BOWYER, BEN, AND ROBERTS, R.J., 1965, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 62, PL. 2.
Reference (Production): HEWETT, 1931, P. 107
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
