The Gossan is a lead, zinc, silver, and copper mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper
Lat, Long: 37.94833, -117.48361
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Gossan MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gossan
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Lone Mountain District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching, Sericitization Of Granite
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Plumbojarosite
Comments
Comment (Workings): 40-FT INCLINED SHAFT
Comment (Geology): POSSIBLE PRESENCE OF A PORPHYRY CU DEPOSIT
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED AREA. EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Location): SOUTH OF THE GOLD EAGLE, ACCESSIBLE BY 4 WHEEL DRIVE ON DIRTROAD. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): POSSIBLY A FEW TONS OF OXIDE ORE PRODUCED
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZED ZONE OCCURS ALONG CONTACT BETWEEN SILICATED AND MARBELMINERALIZED ROCK IS A GOSSAN WITH PLUMBOJAROSITE, SMITHSONITE AND CU OXIDES. GRANITE PORPHYRY IS BLEACHED AND SERICITIZED, INTRUDING A SMALL DIORITE BODY AS WELL AS MULE SPRINGS LIMESTONE.
Comment (Workings): 30-METER SHAFT, SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS ON PROPERTY
References
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM,H.F., JR., 1979, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT.
Reference (Deposit): ALBERS,J.P. AND STEWART,J.H. 1972, NBMG BULL. 78.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG OFR 83-8, 83-11, 1983
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.
