The Gold Hill Mine is a gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,401 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,401 Feet (1,951 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.7725, -117.05083
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Gold Hill Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Hill Mine
Secondary: Ramshorn Property
Secondary: America Group
Secondary: Gold Hill Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Round Mountain District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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: Thomas F. Cole
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1910
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Toquima Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Ore Is Cut By Faults Of Little Or No Displacement Atthe West End.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AU:AG RATIO OF ORE ABOUT 1:6
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Production): APPROXIMATELY $1,000,000 WAS PRODUCED TO 1941.
Comment (Deposit): PARALLEL AND BRANCHING VEINS CONVERGE AND CROSS IN A 400-FT WIDE VEIN ZONE. NOS 1 AND 2 SOUTH VEINS,SILVER VEIN, GOLD HILL VEIN, VOLCANO VEIN, NORTH VEIN.
Comment (Development): PROPERTY CONSISTS OF ABOUT 14 CLAIMS COVERING 238 ACRES. IN 1930 TONOPAH MINING CO. AND TONOPAH BELMONT DEVELOPMENT CO PURCHASED AND EXPLORED THE GROUND. THEY SANK A 500-FT SHAFT AND BUILT A MILL THAT PRODUCED $770,000 FROM 94500 TONS ORE FROM 1930 TO 1933. T.F. COLE PURCHASED IT IN 1934, AFTER WHICH LESSEES PRODUCED $217000 FROM 1934 TO 1951.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF THE 900 FT GOLD HILL SHAFT, THE 300 FT TOQUIMA SHAFT AND 3840 FT OF LATERAL WORKINGS IN 1931, WITH OTHER WORKINGS AS WELL.
Comment (Geology): 2 PERIODS OF VEIN FORMATION WITH THE MORE RECENT ONES BEING RICHER
References
Reference (Deposit): GARREY, G. H., 1931, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE PROPERTIES OF THE GOLD HILL DEVELOPMENT CO, ROUND MOUNTAIN, NYE CO:NBMG FILE-247, ITEM 21.
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.
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.
