The Gooding Mine is a silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,901 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,901 Feet (2,713 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 38.95972, -116.85361
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Gooding Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gooding Mine
Secondary: Gooding
Secondary: Gooding #2
Secondary: Morning Star Claims
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Northumberland 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: S. H. Rosenthal, And Others, Of Reno
Years: 1921 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Complex Thrust-Faulting
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): ABOUT 0.5 MILE NW OF NORTHUMBERLAND MINE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Commodity): VEIN MATERIAL WHERE OXIDIZED RAN 16.42 OZ/T AG OVER AVERAGE 2.9 FT. WIDTH
Comment (Deposit): FLAT-LYING VEIN
Comment (Workings): ABOUT 1800 FT. OF TUNNEL WORK AMONG 4 TUNNELS. 370 FT OF WINZES AND RAISES
Comment (Geology): SOFT HANGING WALL MATERIAL AND SEEPING WATER MAKE MINING DIFFICULT
References
Reference (Deposit): BLACKBURN, W.H., 1921, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON GOODING MINE FOR TONOPAH MINING CO., ON FILE AT NBMG - FILE 242, ITEM 1
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.
