The Combination Fraction Mining Co. is a gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,719 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,719 Feet (1,743 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.71306, -117.22111
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Combination Fraction Mining Co. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Combination Fraction Mining Co.
Secondary: Combination Fraction
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1903
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Strong Alteration Of Host Rock
Rocks
Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): ADJOINING FLORENCE MINE PROPERTY ON THE NORTHWEST ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): COMBINATION FRACTION MINING CO. WAS FORMED IN 1905, 400-FT SHAFT SUNK BY 1907, BUT LITTLE PRODUCTION WAS MADE UNTIL 1909, PRODUCTION WAS BYBY VARIOUS LESSEES. THERE WERE 5 SEPERATE SETS OF WORKINGS PRESENT IN 1908. ODDIE LEASE ACTIVE IN 1907
Comment (Workings): 400-FT SHAFT BY 1907.5 SETS OF SHAFTS PRESENT IN 1908: COMBINATION FRACTION MINING CO. SHAFT (431-FT) BURNS SHAFT; LOFTUS-DAVIS LEASE SHAFT AND STOPES (TO 531 FT.); ODDIE SHAFT TO 612 FT; LITTLE FLORENCE LEASING CO. SHAFT; AU WITH ACCOMPANYING
References
Reference (Deposit): SHAMBERGER, H.A., 1982, THE STORY OF GOLDFIELD; NEVADA HISTORICAL PRESS, CARSON CITY, NEVADA, 240 P.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG REPORT 33, P. 77-86.
Reference (Deposit): MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS, JUNE 8, 1907, P. 722.
Reference (Deposit): WEED, W.H., 1922, THE MINES HAND OK, VOL XV, PL 209.
Reference (Production): SHAMBERGER, H.A., 1982, P. 199.
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.
