Goldfield Consolidated Mines Co.

The Goldfield Consolidated Mines Co. is a gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,699 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Goldfield Consolidated Mines Co.
Secondary: Claims: Jumbo
Secondary: Mohawk No. 1 and No. 2
Secondary: Combination
Secondary: Combination No. 2 and No. 3
Secondary: January
Secondary: February
Secondary: Hazel Queen
Secondary: Rustler Fraction
Secondary: Slim Jim Fraction
Secondary: Goldwedge
Secondary: Lucky Boy
Secondary: Red Top
Secondary: Grizzly Bear
Secondary: Clermont
Secondary: Vinegorone
Secondary: Miss Jessie
Secondary: Laguna
Secondary: Last Chance
Secondary: Golconda
Secondary: Wonder
Secondary: Goldstone
Secondary: Mammoth
Secondary: Red Boy.

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Aluminum
Tertiary: Tellurium
Tertiary: Potassium

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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Noranda

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1903
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR

Form: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age in Years: 21.250000+-0.750000
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Early Miocene

Name: Dacite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age in Years: 21.250000+-0.750000
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Early Miocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: LIMITED X-RAY, THIN SECTION AND CHEM DATA SUGGEST GREAT HETER GENEITY AND LOW ALUNITE TENOR EXCEPT LOCALLY.

Materials

Ore: Alunite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Deposit): GOLDFIELD CONSOLIDATED MAIN VEIN. QUARTZ AND ALUNITE MAKE UP THE INNERMOST OF 3 ZONES OF ALTERATION WHICH FLANK THE ORE VEIN SYSTEM. RANSOME (1909) STATES THAT ALUNITE OCCURS IN PRACTICALLY ALL OF THE MORENA RHYOLITE, IN THE RHYOLITE AROUND VINDICATOR MOUNTAIN, IN THE DACITE AND ANDESITE OF PREBLE MOUNTAIN, AND ELSEWHERE. HE WAS THE FIRST TO POINT OUT THE IMPORTANCE OF ALUNITE IN THE ALTEREDROCK, AMPLIFIED BY HARVEY AND VITALIANO,(1964),AND BY ASHLEY AND ALBERS (1975).

Comment (Commodity): PROJECT 9350 - 01393 ALUNITE RESOURCES

Comment (Development): THE GOLDFIELD CONSOLIDATED MINES CO. WAS FORMED MAINLY BY GEORGE WINGFIELD AND SEN. GEORGE NIXON BY BUYING UP CONTROLLING INTERESTS IN MOST OF THE MAJOR MINES OF GOLDFIELD IN LATE 1906. THE GOLDFIELD CONSOLIDATED MILL (100 STAMPS) BEGAN OPERATING IN 1908 AND CONTINUED UNTIL JAN. 1919, ACCOUNTING FOR OVER HALF THE PRODUCTION OF THE DISTRICT. THE MILL WAS TREATING 600 TPD IN 1909. THE MINE WAS IDLE FROM 1920 TO 1927 WHEN BRADSHAW INC. CO. BEGAN TREATING TAILINGS, UNDER LEASE, CONTINUING UNTIL 1940

Comment (Workings): AT LEAST 6 MAJOR SHAFTS WITH MANY MILES OF LATERAL WORKINGS ON THE VARIOUS CLAIMS

Comment (Geology): GEOL.COM: UNCONFIRMED REPORTS SUGGEST .5 MILLION TONS OF .07 OZ/TON AU OR MORE.

Comment (Deposit): PACIFIC GOLD AND URANIUM INC. IN JOINT VENTURE WITH NORANDA EXPLORATION INC. WAS EXPLORING THE MAIN GOLDFIELD DISTRICT IN 1980 WITH 151 DRILL HOLES TO 100-FT DEPTH WHICH INDICATED PRESENCE OF 500,000 TONS OF ORE CONTAINING 0.07 OZ/TON AU PROVEN RESERVES. PACIFIC GOLD ALSO GRANTED A SUBLEASE TO ANOTHER PARTY TO REOPEN THE MOHAWK NO. 2 MINE WHICH WAS IN INITIAL STAGES OF PRODUCTION IN 1980. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Comment (Reserve-Resource): THE MINING RECORD, SEPT. 10, 1980

Comment (Reserve-Resource): THE MINING RECORD, SEPT. 10, 1980.

Comment (Location): OCCUPIES CENTRAL PORTION OF THE MAIN PRODUCTIVE MINING DISTRICT, E AND NE OF GOLDFIELD'S CENTER, COVERING 390 ACRES, 26 PATENTED, 1 UNPATENTED CLAIM. UTM TO CENTRAL AREA OF CLAIM BLOCK WHERE MAIN SHAFTS ARE . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

References

Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, F.L., 1909, USGS P. P. 66, P. 245.

Reference (Deposit): SHAMBERGER, H.A., 1982, THE STORY OF GOLDFIELD; NEVADA HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRES, CARSON CITY, NV, 240 P.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG REPORT 33, P. 77-86

Reference (Deposit): NESBITT, MARK, 1941, "TREATING THE GOLDFIELD CONSOLIDATED TAILINGS", UNPUBLISHED REPORT, NBMG FILE 91, ITEM 4.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG REPORT 19, P. 49-66.

Reference (Deposit): 3RD ANNUAL REPORT OF GOLDFIELD CONS. MIN. CO., 1909, NBMG FILE 91, ITEM 21.

Reference (Deposit): THE MINING RECORD, SEPT. 10, 1980

Reference (Deposit): NEV. MINING ASSOC. BULL., AUG., 1980.

Reference (Deposit): PAY DIRT, APRIL 1981

Reference (Deposit): WEED, W.H., ED., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XV. P. 1209-1210.

Reference (Deposit): 11) GARSIDE, L.J., 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, 10 JUL 82

Reference (Deposit): (11) ASHLEY, R. P. AND ALBERS, J.P., 1975, USGS PP 843-A, P. A10-A12.

Reference (Deposit): (12) HARVEY, R. D. AND VITALIANO, C. J. J., 1964, WALLROCK ALTERATION IN THE GOLDFISH DISTRICT, NEVADA: JOUR. GEOLOGY, VOL 72, NO. 5, P. 564-579.

Reference (Deposit): (13) JENSEN, M. L., ASHLEY, R. P. AND ALBERS, J. P., 1971, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SULFATES AT GOLDFIELD, NEVADA: ECON GEOL, VOL 66, P. 618-626.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG, 1994, MI-1993

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA DIVISION OF MINERALS, 1994

Reference (Deposit): AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1994

Reference (Production): SHAM BERGER, H.A., 1982P. 200. NESBITT, MARK, 1941. NBMG MI-1993

Reference (Reserve-Resource): NBMG MI-1993

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.