The January Mine is a gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,699 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,699 Feet (1,737 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.71083, -117.22528
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January Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: January Mine
Secondary: Part of Goldfield Consolidated Mines Co. After 1906
Secondary: January and February Claims
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Copper
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: Davis-Goldfield Mining Corp.
Years: 1966 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1904
Discovery Year: 1903
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Orebody
Form: CURVED TABULAR
Form: CURVED TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Brecciation,
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Alunitization, Silicification, Pyritization
Rocks
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 21.500000+-
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Latite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 21.500000+-
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Dacite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 21.500000+-
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 21.500000+-
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AU, AG, PB USEFUL IN THIS AREA AS INDICATOR ELEMENTS IN EXPLORATION FOR ORE BODIES
Materials
Gangue: Kaolinite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Alunite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): ABOUT 0.5 MILE N45E FROM CENTER OF GOLDFIELD. UTM IS TO ONE OF MANY SHAFTS ON THE CLAIMS. . UTM IS TO ONE OF MANY SHAFTS ON THE CLAIM BLOCK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Workings): 300-FT SHAFT IN 1905, WITH LEVELS AT 110, 232, AND 283-FEET; STOPES
Comment (Development): FIRST LEASE IN THE GOLDFIELD DISTRICT WAS ISSUED IN JAN. 1904 ON THE JANUARY CLAIM; ORE WAS STRUCK SOON AND 310,000 NET WORTH OF ORE HAD BEEN SHIPPED BY THE END OF THE YEAR. IN 1905, DAILY SHIPMENTS OF 85 TONS WERE BEING PRODUCED. THE MINE WAS TAKEN OVER IN THE BIG MERGER FORMING THE GOLDFIELD CONSOLIDATED MINES CO. IN NOV. 1906, HAVING PRODUCED AT LEAST $1,000,000 WORTH OF ORE TO THAT TIME.
Comment (Deposit): PAYSHOOT IS CURVED. SMALLER IRREGULAR SHOOTS ARE ERRATICALLY DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE LEDGE. RICHEST ORE FOUND IN OXIDIZED ZONE IN SILICIFIED AREAS; LITTLE ORE IN ARGILLIZED AREAS. ORE ZONE BOUNDARIES WERE GRADATIONAL
References
Reference (Production): RANSOME, F.L., 1909., P. 216; SHAMBERGER, 1982.
Reference (Deposit): SHAMBERGER, H.A., 1982, THE STORY OF GOLDFIELD, NEVADA HISTORICAL PRESS, CARSON CITY, NV; 240 P.
Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, F.L., 1909, USGS PP 66, P. 216
Reference (Deposit): NBMG REPORT 33, P. 77-86
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 843-A, P. 1-48
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.
