Gold Point Mine Northern Workings

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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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 Point Mine Northern Workings  

State:  Nevada

County:  Nye

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

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.