Gold Coin #2 Mine

The Gold Coin #2 Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,951 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Gold Coin #2 Mine
Secondary: Nevada Fairview Mine In Part
Secondary: Summa Group 4.

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver

Location

State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Fairview 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: Tenneco/Echo Bay
Years: 1986 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1906
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification

Rocks

Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE 3811 FROM FACE OF VEIN 430 FT FROM PORTAL IN ADIT 1, OF CALCITE AND SILICIFIED VEIN MATERIAL, CONTAINS 0.7% FE, 0.15% MG, 5% CA, 0.07% TI, 1500 PPM MN, 10 PPM AG, 10 PPM B, 200 PPM BA, 3 PPM BE, 50 PPM CU, 7 PPM MO, 50 PPM PB, 200 PPM SR, 15 PPM Y, 50 PPM ZR. SAMPLE 3812 TAKEN 132 FT FROM PORTAL OF MN-STAINED QUARTZ-CALCITE VEIN MATERIAL CONTAINS 0.7% FE, 0.15% MG, 0.5% CA, 0.05% TI, 300 PPM MN, 30 PPM AG, 10 PPM B, 300 PPM BA, 3 PPM BE, 20 PPM CU, 30 PPM PB, 50 PPM ZR.

Materials

Ore: Argentite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): WORKINGS EXPLORE A PROMINENT LEDGE OF SILICIFIED VOLCANICS WITH BRECCIATED ROCK AND CALCITE. SULFIDES ARE SAID TO BEGIN ON THE 100-FT LEVEL. ADIT #1 IS 430 FT LONG AND ATTAINS A DEPTH OF 250 FT AT THE FACE. VEIN REPORTED TO CARRY ORE SHOOTS UP TO 2.5 FT WIDE WITH GOOD ORE. THE SAMPLES DESCRIBED IN ANALYTICAL DATA WERE TAKEN FROM THIS ADIT. A SECOND ADIT, STARTING FROM DISCOVERY SITE WAS REPORTED TO RUN 125 FT N ALONG A STEEPLY DIPPING FAULT PLANE WITH A 2-6 FT VEIN. ORE REPORTEDLY FOLLOWED THE WHOLE STRIKE LENGTH OF THE WORKING AND CONSISTED OF MOSTLY QUARTZ. AT THE TUNNEL OF THE ADIT IS A 100-FT SHAFT, THE FIRST 60 FT OF WHICH WAS REPORTED TO BE IN THE SAME VEIN AND ORE BODY AS THE ADIT WHICH PRODUCED MOST OF THE ORE FROM THESE WORKINGS, ALTHOUGH THE WORKINGS WERE EXPANDED AS A CROSS-CUT WITH RAISES AND DRIFTS. ABOUT 0.5 MILE TO THE NORTH THE VEIN OUTCROPS BOLDLY FOR A DISTANCE OF SEVERAL HUNDRED FT AND IS OPENED BY A 30-FT ADIT-DRIFT KNOWN AS TUNNEL #4, FROM WHICH A WINZE

Comment (Deposit): WAS SUNK 130 FT FROM THE PORTAL. THE WORKINGS WERE REPORTED BY SCHRADER TO BE MOSTLY IN A WHITE QUARTZ VEIN 10-15 FT WIDE THAT ASSAYED GOOD AU/AG VALUES. THE VEIN ALSO HAD STREAKS OF VERY RICH ORE IN THE FOOTWALL SIDE OF THE VEIN. VEINS ARE BANDED FISSURE FILLINGS, IRREGULAR IN NATURE.

Comment (Workings): 3 ADITS, WINZES, DRIFTS, RAISES AND ONE SHAFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE 2ND ADIT WHICH IS NOW CAVED.

Comment (Location): ACCESSIBLE BY NEWLY GRADED ROAD UP SNYDER CANYON FROM BELL CANYON TO THE SOUTH. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Development): PATENTED CLAIMS. OPTIONED TO SNYDER AFTER DISCOVERY IN 1906, WORKED BY 20 MEN FOR ABOUT A YEAR, WITH LATER PRODUCTION IN 1910. TENNECO HAS RECENTLY BEEN SAMPLING AND MAPPING THE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS FOLLOWED BY ROAD-BUILDING ALONG THE TREND OF THE VEIN. PROSPECT WAS DRILLED BY TENNECO, LATER RECOMMENDED TO BE DROPPED.

References

Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK AND TINGLEY, J.V., 9 SEP 86, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSES.

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., 1947, UNPUB. REPORT ON THE CARSON SINK AREA

Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL 83, 1974, P. 71-74

Reference (Deposit): SAUNDERS, F.T., 1978, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON SOUTH FAIRVIEW.

Reference (Deposit): JENNINGS, T.L., UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON SOUTH FAIRVIEW.

Reference (Deposit): JONSON, D.C., 1986, UNPUB. EVALUATION OF SOUTH FAIRVIEW FOR TENNECO.

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.