Gold Circle

The Gold Circle is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Gold Circle
Secondary: Gold Circle Group
Secondary: Bam Gerger Group

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Gold Circle

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1910
Discovery Year: 1910
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: North Trending Fault

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SEE CARPER (1920) M. B. OF M. DISTRICT FILES

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Deposit): FISSURE VEINS IN ZONE OF CRUSHED FAULT GOUGE RHYOLITE CARRY NATIVE GOLD

Comment (Workings): SHAFT, DRIFTS, SHORT ADITS

Comment (Geology): THE VEINS (THERE ARE TWO SMALL VEINS ON THE PROPERTY) HAVE BEEN SLIGHTLY BRECUATED AND ARE RED COLORED DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF HEMATITE ALONG W/QUARTZ AND TALC.

Comment (Deposit): DEVELOPEMENT CONSISTS OF A 80 FT. DEEP SHAFT ON THE WEST VEIN, DRIFTS, AND SHORT ADITS. CARPER IN HIS REPORT HAS INCLUDED A CLAIM MAP, AND GEOLOGIC SKETCH MAP OF THE AREA ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

References

Reference (Deposit): CARPER A. F. (1920) REPORT ON BAMBERGER MINES CO., GOLD CIRCLE GROUP, N. B. OF M. MINING DIST. FILES.

Reference (Deposit): EMMONS W. H. (1910) RECONNAISSANCE OF ELKO, LAUDER AND EUREKA CO., NEV., USGS BULL 408

Reference (Production): SMITH, R. M. (1976)

Reference (Deposit): GRANGER A. E. ETAL(1957) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NV. NEV BUREAU OF MINES BULL 54

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R. M. (1976-56) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NV., NEV. BUREAR OF MINES, USGS OPEN-FILE RPT

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.