The Gold Cash Mine is a gold mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,650 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,650 Feet (1,722 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.52556, -117.11250
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Gold Cash Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Cash Mine
Secondary: No Money
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Battle Mountain 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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1935
Discovery Year: 1934
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR, LENSES
Structure
Type: R
Description: Dewitt Thrust, Golconda Thrust
Type: L
Description: N-S Trending Faults, E-W Trending Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 4.5 OZ AG/TON
Analytical Data: 0.6 OZ AU/TON
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Workings): SHALLOW PITS, ADIT
Comment (Location): AT HEAD OF W FORK OF PHILADELPHIA CANYON
Comment (Development): WORKED INTERMITTENTLY BY LESSEES FROM 1934 TO 1943
Comment (Geology): ORE OCCURRED AS LENTICULAR BODIES UP TO 3 FT. THICK ALONG FAULT ZONE
Comment (Deposit): WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL SHALLOW PITS AND A 300-FT ADIT. GOLD CASH MINE WAS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY FROM 1934 TO 1943 BY LESSEES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Production): ROBERTS, R.J. AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965.
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R.J. AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 459-B
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.
