Gold Quartz

The Gold Quartz is a gold mine located in Lander county, Nevada.

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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

Name: Gold Quartz  

State:  Nevada

County:  Lander

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 40.31111, -116.70222

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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

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.