C.O.D. Consolidated Mining Co Claims

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

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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.