The Goodman Property is a gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,699 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,699 Feet (2,042 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.19194, -115.70778
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Goodman Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Goodman Property
Secondary: Melbourn Groupgold Camp
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Willow Creek District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Cassidy And Cater
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1913
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Quinn Canyon Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Post-Ore Crushing; N-Trending Fault Pipping 45e Cuts The Vein
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL ADITS.A DRIFT 150 FT LONG WITH 50-FT WINZE 30 FT FROM TUNNEL MOUTH. ONE ADIT IS CALLED THE GOODMAN TUNNEL.
Comment (Location): 4 CLAIMS ABOUT A MILE ABOVE THE SPRING ON THE NW SIDE OF WILLOW CREEK.
Comment (Production): APPROXIMATELY $25,000 WAS PRODUCED.
Comment (Geology): GOLD IS USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE TALC.
References
Reference (Deposit): SIRDEVAN, W.H., 1913, UNPUBLISHED NOTES ON THE WILLOW CREEK MINING DISTRICT: NBMG FILE 262, ITEM 1.
Reference (Production): KRAL, 1951, P. 213
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, VE, 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL. 50, P. 215
Reference (Deposit): HILL, J.M.,1916, USGS BULL 648, P.151.
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.
