Gold Park Group

The Gold Park Group is a gold and silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,500 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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Site Name

Primary: Gold Park Group
Secondary: Star of the West
Secondary: Arctic
Secondary: San Francisco Patents

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper

Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Jackson District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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: Nelson, Albin L.
Home Office: Gabbs
Years: 1951 -

Owner Name: Under Lease To Minerals Management, Fish Lake Valley, Nv
Years: 1981 -

Owner Name: Bowler, Walter F.
Home Office: Fallon
Years: 1951 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1880
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: Shoshone Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: L
Description: Major Faults Cut The Main Veins

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Pyritization,Argillization Of Wallrock; Oxidation Conc./Enrich; Secondary Enrichment.

Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ORE WAS SAID TO AVERAGE $50/TON.

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION MAY HAVE BEEN BETWEEN $500,000 TO $1,000,000 IN 1893-1911. (BONHAM, 1970)

Comment (Development): "REDISCOVERY" OF THE DISTRICT OCCURRED IN 1880 WHEN THE NEVADA MINING CO ACQUIRED THE GOLD PARK GROUP AND BUILT A SMALL STAMP MILL. IN 1919, R. S. TODD TOOK OVER AND ORGANIZED THE STAR OF THE WEST MINING CO AND INSTALLED A 50 TPD MILL IN 1921. IN 1927, PRESENT OWNERS BOUGHT THE PATENTS AT TAX SALE.

Comment (Deposit): TWO VEINS: THE ARTIC AND THE STAR OF THE WEST. THE SIZE/DIRECTIONAL DATAS ABOVE ARE OF THE STAR OF THE WEST VEIN. THE ARTIC VEIN STRIKES N15E, DIP 30-50E, AND 4 FT WIDE. THE SAN FRANCISCO VEIN STRIKES N-S AND IS NEARLY VERTICAL. IT IS 5-10 FT WIDE AT THE SURFACE, PINCHING TO 1.5 FT AT 46 FT DEPTH. ONE VEIN SHOWED $15/TON MILLING ORE AND 2-FT PAY STREAK.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF THREE ADITS AT THE STAR OF THE WEST VEIN (325 FT, 1,000 FT, AND 900 FT LONG); AT THE ARCTIC VEIN THERE IS ONE INCLINE SHAFT AND A 200 FT ADIT

Comment (Deposit): RECORD M232862 HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS ONE, AND M232862 HAS BEEN DELETED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

References

Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 76-78.

Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., AUG.8, 1981, FIELD EXAMINATION.

Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG FILE 233, ITEM 1.

Reference (Deposit): STEWART,J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER CO, NEV.: NBMG BULL 88.

Reference (Deposit): YORK, BERNARD, 1936, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON GOLD PARK MINES, NBMG FILE.

Reference (Deposit): NASH, A.D., 1930, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON GOLD PARK MINE, NBMG FILES.

Reference (Production): KRAL, 1951, P. 77.

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.