The Gold Quartz is a gold mine located in Lander county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Gold Quartz MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Quartz
Secondary: Ajax
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Bullion
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Cuba Consolidated Mining Co.
Years: 1930 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1910
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: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Deposit In Upper Plate Of Roberts Mtn Thrust Adjacent To The Tenabo Stock.
Type: L
Description: High Angle Basin & Range Faults, Numerous Dikes & Sills
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Considerable Silicification Of Host Rocks
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): BRECCIATED FAULT ZONES
Comment (Geology): IN A SHALLOW OPENING BELOW THE MAIN SHAFT RICH GOLD WAS ENCOUNTERED IN THE OXIDIZED ZONE WHICH EXTENDS DOWN TO 75 FEET BELOW THE SURFACE. THE SULFIDE ZONE IS PREDOMINATED BY ARSENOPYRITE AND PYRITE. WHERE THE ALTERED QUARTZITE HAS BEEN SHATTERED STRINGERS OF IRON OXIDE CARRY FREE GOLD. THIS OCCURS BETWEEN THE 35 AND 100 FOOT LEVELS OVER A 4 FOOT WIDE ZONE WHICH STRIKES N20W, AND DIPS 35 DEGREES NE. (EMMONS, W.H. 1910). THERE ARE TWO PRINCIPLE MINERALIZED CONES ALONG FRACTURES FAULT ZONES
Comment (Location): 1:62500 QUADRANGLE IS A 1949 EDITION
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION ALSO INCLUDES SOME COPPER AND ZINC
Comment (Development): 5 CLAIMS; MINE OPERATED BY THE CUBA CONSOLIDATED MINING CO. IN THE 1930'S
Comment (Deposit): THE MINE WAS OPERATED BY THE CUBA MINING CO. IN THE LATE 1930'S. DEVELOPMENT INCLUDES TWO SHAFTS AND SUBSIDIARY UNDERGROUND WORKINGS TOTALLING SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET. THE PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 5 CLAIMS: THE BOULDER, GRANT, JUMBO, AJAX, HERCULES. FOR A GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PROPERTY SEE HUMPHREY (1945).
Comment (Workings): 2 SHAFTS, SUBSIDIARY UNDERGROUND WORKINGS
References
Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H.K. (1977) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF LANDER CO., N.B.M. BULL 88
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W.O. (1939) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN LANDER CO., NEV., USBM I.C. 7043
Reference (Deposit): USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 67, REFERENCE NO. 3201500125
Reference (Deposit): EMMONS, W.H. (1910) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN ELKO, LANDER, & EUREKA COS. USGS BULL 408
Reference (Deposit): HUMPHREY, F.L. (1945) REPORT ON THE GOLD QUARTZ MINE, N.B.M. DISTRICT FILE 151, ITEM 3
Reference (Deposit): WRUCKE, C.T. (1974) GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TENABO AREA, LANDER CO NEV, USGS MAP MF-647
Reference (Production): STAGER, H.K. (1977)
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.
