The Goldfield District is a gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Goldfield District MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Goldfield District
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Potassium
Tertiary: Tin
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: GOLDFIELD DISTRICT
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: District
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: SILICIFIED ZONES AT SHEAR INTERSECTIONS
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1904
Discovery Year: 1902
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: TERTIARY DEPOSITS, DOMED AND FAULTED POST MIOCENE: NS AND EW FAULTS, STEEP DIP
Type: L
Description: COLUMBIA MT. FAULT, N-S, WITH LEFT LATERAL OFFSETS AT INTERSECTIONS WITH E-W FAULTS (800-900 FT OFFSET).
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: OXIDATION
Alteration Text: OXIDATION
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: SILICIFICATION
Alteration Text: SILICIFICATION, HYDROTHERMAL
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
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References
Reference (Deposit): SPURR, J E, 1905, THE ORES OF GOLDFIELD, NEV.: USGS BULL. NO. 260, P. 132-139.
Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DIST AND MIN. RES. NEV.: RENO, NEV. NEWSLETTER PUB., P. 67-73.
Reference (Deposit): ALBERS, J.P. AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF ESMERALDA COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 78, P. 67-69.
Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, F. L. 1909, GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOLDFIELD, NEV.: USGS PROF. PAPER 66, 258 P.
Reference (Deposit): SEARLS, F. JR., 1948, GEOL AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOLDFIELD, NEV.: NEVADA UNIV. BULL., V42, NO 5, GEOLOGY AND MINING SER. 48, 24 P.
Reference (Deposit): KOSCHMANN, A. H. AND BERGENDAHL, M. H., 1968; PRINCIPAL GOLD PRODUCING DISTRICTS OF THE UNITED STATES: USGS PROF. PAPER 610
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.
