The Gold Point Mine Northern Workings is a gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,801 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.8225, -115.36833
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Gold Point Mine Northern Workings MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Point Mine Northern Workings
Secondary: Golden Rod Claim Group
Secondary: Gold-Bearing Ledge Claim.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Tungsten
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Currant 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: Gold Crown Ventures
Years: 1981 -
Owner Name: Gail Schmardebeck, Earl Larson, Gary Jones (Owners Since
Years: 1981 - 1961
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1971
Discovery Year: 1914
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Thrust Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification; Jasperoidization By Descending Solutions From Overlying Volcanics And Siliceous Shale
Rocks
Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLES FROM MAIN ADIT DUMPS SHOW LITTLE MINERALIZATION.
Materials
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Chert
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Production): 590 TONS ORE PRODUCED IN 1940 YIELDED $4278.00, BY CURRANT CREEK MINING CO., BUT ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION HAS GONE UNRECORDED SEVERAL CARLOADS OF ORE WERE PRODUCED. A LITTLE TUNGSTEN ORE MAY HAVE BEEN PRODUCED IN 1954-1961.
Comment (Development): EQUIPMENT ON THE PROPERTY IN APRIL, 1972, INDICATED ORE WAS BEING PROCESSED. COMSTOCK-GOLD POINT MINES CO. SHIPPED 200 TONS ORE TO THE MCGILL SMELTER FROM (SOUTH WORKINGS) HEREIN 1940. CURRANT CREEK MINING CO. WAS SHIPPING ORE FROM HERE IN 1940 GOLD POINT CURRANT CREEK MINES CO. FORMED IN LATE 1940 AS A CONSOLIDATION OF THE COMSTOCK GOLD PINT AND THE CURRANT CREEK MINING CO., WHICH TOGETHER REPORTED 500 TONS ORE PRODUCED FROM BOTH WORKINGS.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Deposit): JASPEROID ZONE; LIMONITE-STAINED SHEAR ZONES; SILICIFIED BRECCIA ZONE; JASPEROID STRIKES N30-40E.
Comment (Workings): 4 ADITS, SMALL CUTS
Comment (Geology): PEBBLE DIKES NOTED
References
Reference (Deposit): JONES, R.B. & BENTZ, J., FIELD EXAMINATION; 10 JULY 1981.
Reference (Deposit): LUMSDEN, W.W., JR., 1964, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHERN WHITE PINE RANGE AND NORTHERN HORSE RANGE, NEV: UCLA PH D. THESIS, 249 P.
Reference (Deposit): E & MJ., VOL. 41, NO. 7., P. 75.
Reference (Deposit): CRANDELL, W.D., 1977, BLM REPORT, EGAN BLM DISTRICT, MINERAL RESOURCE ANALYSIS OF THE DUCKWATER PLANNING UNIT (407) IN THE ELY DISTRICT. (UPDATE)
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO., NEV: NBMG BULL. (IN PRESS)
Reference (Deposit): WIRE, J.C., 1961, GEOLOGY OF THE CURRANT CREEK DISTRICT, NYE AND WHITE PINE COUNTIES, NEVADA: UCLA MA, THESIS, 154 P.
Reference (Production): NBM BULL., STAGER, H.K. (IN PREP JAN 1984)
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.
