The Pittsburgh-Goldfield Mining Co is a gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.70583, -117.18139
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Pittsburgh-Goldfield Mining Co MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pittsburgh-Goldfield Mining Co
Secondary: Frances Group
Secondary: Dine
Secondary: Rialto
Secondary: Coliseum
Secondary: Monarch Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Goldfield District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Corrin Barnes, General Manager
Years: 1931 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1906
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYS UP TO $22/TON IN 1930
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): SHAFT WAS AT 500-FT DEPTH IN 1931, TO BE DEEPENED TO 1000 FT. CROSSCUTTING WAS BEGUN ON 500-FT. LEVEL. DEEP SHAFT HOISTING PLANT PRESENT IN 1931
Comment (Location): "SOME MILES OUT IN THE SE END OF THE DISTRICT" MORE THAN 30 CLAIMS COVERING OVER 550 ACRES. UTM IS TO WORKINGS ON CLAIM BLOCK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1931
Comment (Deposit): VEINS OF BLACK QUARTZ IN MIXED OXIDE-SULFIDE ZONE.
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, A.M., 1931, UNPUBLISHED NOTES ON INSPECTION TRIP: NBMG FILE 91, ITEM
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.
