Goldfield Merger Mines Co.

The Goldfield Merger Mines Co. is a gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,801 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Goldfield Merger Mines Co.
Secondary: St. Ives
Secondary: Velvet
Secondary: Gold Horn
Secondary: Potlatch Claims Part of Goldfield Deep Mines After 1920

Commodity

Primary: Gold

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

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Calumet And Hecla Consolidated Copper Co.
Years: 1935 - 1938

Production

Not available

Deposit

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

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Pyritization, Alunitization

Rocks

Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 21.500000+-
Age Young: Miocene

Name: Dacite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 21.500000+-
Age Young: Miocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Alunite

Comments

Comment (Location): ADJOINS THE NE SIDE OF THE ATLANTA GROUP, AND THE NW SIDE OF THE BLUE BULL GROUP. UTM TO APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE CLAIM BLOCK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Production): SMALL PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1908 MERGER CREDITED TO ST. IVES AND VELVET MINES, MOSTLY PRODUCED BY LESSEES IN 1904.

Comment (Development): IN JUNE 1908, ST. IVES, GOLD HORN, VELVET AND POTLATCH MINING COS. MERGED THEIR HOLDINGS. CALUMET AND HECLA CONSOLIDATED COPPER CO. IN 1935-1938 DISCOVERED A MODERATE-SIZED ORE BODY IN THE SHALLOW LEVELS OF THE MERGER

Comment (Deposit): ST. IVES LEDGE BRANCHES AND COALESCES. ORE BODIES WERE SMALL AND IRREGULAR.

Comment (Workings): IN 1905, ST. IVES WORKINGS CONSISTED OF A 250-FT VERTICAL SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 50, 100, 150, AND 250 FT., CODD LEASE HAD A 500-FT SHAFT, WITH 100 FT OF STOPES ABOVE THE 50-FT LEVEL. VELVET MINE HAD THE 418-FT ALTA SHAFT AND THE 526-FT CHICAGO-VELVET SHAFT IN OPERATION IN 1908

References

Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, F.L., 1909, USGS P.P. 66, P. 239-241

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

Reference (Deposit): WEED, W.H., ED., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL. XV, P. 1213.

Reference (Production): RANSOME, F.L., 1909, P 239-241.

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.