The Earth Sciences Montezuma Deposit is a gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,949 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: 6,949 Feet (2,118 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.71111, -117.30278
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Earth Sciences Montezuma Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Earth Sciences Montezuma Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Aluminum
Tertiary: Potassium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Goldfield District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Earth Sciences, Inc.
Home Office: Golden, Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1972
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Indian Springs Canyon, Montezuma Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: X - RAY OF 3 SAMPLES ONLY SUGGESTS CONSIDERABLE HETEROGENEITY
Materials
Ore: Alunite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Mica
Gangue: Clay
Gangue: Cristobalite
Comments
Comment (Development): SOME TEST PITTING FOR ALUNITE BY EARTH SCIENCES, INC. 1972 - 1973
Comment (Location): BETWEEN CREST OF MONTEZUMA MTN. RANGE AND MALPAIS MESA
Comment (Reserve-Resource): DATA INSUFFICIENT TO PERMIT EST OF RESERVES
Comment (Reserve-Resource): HIGHLY TENTATIVE RESOURCE EST BY R. B. HALL
Comment (Commodity): PROJECT 9350 - 01393 ALUNITE RESOURCES
Comment (Production): MINOR PROD OF PRECIOUS METALS FROM OLD MINES BUT NO ALUNITE
Comment (Deposit): SIZE/DIRECTIONAL DATA GIVEN IS FOR ALUNITE DEPOSIT ONLY.
Comment (Workings): OLD MINES WORKED FOR GOLD 1905 TO 1920'S
References
Reference (Deposit): HALL, R. B., 1978 , WORLD NONBAUXITE ALUMINUM RESOURCES - ALUNITE: USGS PROF. PAPER 1076-A, P. A12 .
Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, F. L., 1909 , THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOLDFIELD, NEVADA: USGS PROF. PAPER 66 , P. 129 - 133 .
Reference (Deposit): 1905 DIREXPL MANY MINERS: PROSP G. E. MINING
Reference (Deposit): 1905 GEOLMAP F. L. RANSOME: PROF. PAPER 66 .
Reference (Deposit): 1972 DIREXPL EARTH SCIENCES: TEST PITS
Reference (Deposit): 1974 RECON R. B. HALL: PROF. PAPER 1076A
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.
