The C.O.D. Consolidated Mining Co Claims is a gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,840 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,840 Feet (1,780 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.70694, -117.20583
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C.O.D. Consolidated Mining Co Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: C.O.D. Consolidated Mining Co Claims
Secondary: Golden Eagle
Secondary: Zoe
Secondary: C.O.D.
Secondary: Gold Bar
Secondary: Victor Claims
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Antimony
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: C. O. D. Consolidated Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1925
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR BUNCHES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Strong Alteration Of Most Rocks; Silicification
Rocks
Name: Latite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age in Years: 21.500000+-
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age in Years: 21.500000+-
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 21.500000+-
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 21.500000+-
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Dacite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 21.500000+-
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 21.500000+-
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): ADJOINS ATLANTA PROPERTY ON THE SOUTH-90 ACRES. UTM IS TO SHAFT LOCATED ON THE CLAIM BLOCK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): C.O.D. CONSOLIDATED MINING CO. FORMED IN 1908 AS A MERGER OF GOLDFIELD C.O.D. AND GOLD BAR MINING CO.
Comment (Deposit): CHAIN OF IRREGULAR BUNCHES EXTENDING EASTWARD FROM GOLD BAR SHAFT TO 200-FT LEVEL OF VICTOR; ALSO AN OXIDIZED ORE BODY NEAR SURFACE AT C.O.D. SHAFT.
Comment (Workings): IN 1908, WORKINGS CONSISTED OF THE 300-FT GOLD BAR SHAFT, THE VICTOR SHAFT AND THE C.O.D. SHAFT, ALL CONNECTED BY THE 200-FT GOLD BAR LEVEL. 500-FT SHAFT IN 1920, AND SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OF WORKINGS.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S
References
Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, F.L., 1909, USGS P.P. 66, P. 242-243.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG REPORT 33, P. 77-86
Reference (Deposit): WEED, W.H., ED., 1922, MINES HANDBOOK VOL. XV, P. 1210-11, 1165.
Reference (Production): RANSOME, F.L., 1909, P. 243; WEED, 1922, P. 1211.
Reference (Deposit): SHAMBERGER, H.A., 1982, THE STORY OF GOLDFIELD; NEVADA HISTORICAL PRESS, CARSON CITY, NEVADA, 240 P.
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.
