January Mine

The January Mine is a gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,699 feet.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: January Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Esmeralda

Elevation: 5,699 Feet (1,737 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 37.71083, -117.22528

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January Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: January Mine
Secondary: Part of Goldfield Consolidated Mines Co. After 1906
Secondary: January and February Claims


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Copper


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: Davis-Goldfield Mining Corp.
Years: 1966 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1904
Discovery Year: 1903
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au


Orebody

Form: CURVED TABULAR

Form: CURVED TABULAR


Structure

Type: L
Description: Brecciation,


Alterations

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


Rocks

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

Name: Latite
Role: Host
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

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


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: AU, AG, PB USEFUL IN THIS AREA AS INDICATOR ELEMENTS IN EXPLORATION FOR ORE BODIES


Materials

Gangue: Kaolinite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Alunite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Location): ABOUT 0.5 MILE N45E FROM CENTER OF GOLDFIELD. UTM IS TO ONE OF MANY SHAFTS ON THE CLAIMS. . UTM IS TO ONE OF MANY SHAFTS ON THE CLAIM BLOCK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Workings): 300-FT SHAFT IN 1905, WITH LEVELS AT 110, 232, AND 283-FEET; STOPES

Comment (Development): FIRST LEASE IN THE GOLDFIELD DISTRICT WAS ISSUED IN JAN. 1904 ON THE JANUARY CLAIM; ORE WAS STRUCK SOON AND 310,000 NET WORTH OF ORE HAD BEEN SHIPPED BY THE END OF THE YEAR. IN 1905, DAILY SHIPMENTS OF 85 TONS WERE BEING PRODUCED. THE MINE WAS TAKEN OVER IN THE BIG MERGER FORMING THE GOLDFIELD CONSOLIDATED MINES CO. IN NOV. 1906, HAVING PRODUCED AT LEAST $1,000,000 WORTH OF ORE TO THAT TIME.

Comment (Deposit): PAYSHOOT IS CURVED. SMALLER IRREGULAR SHOOTS ARE ERRATICALLY DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE LEDGE. RICHEST ORE FOUND IN OXIDIZED ZONE IN SILICIFIED AREAS; LITTLE ORE IN ARGILLIZED AREAS. ORE ZONE BOUNDARIES WERE GRADATIONAL


References

Reference (Production): RANSOME, F.L., 1909., P. 216; SHAMBERGER, 1982.

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

Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, F.L., 1909, USGS PP 66, P. 216

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

Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 843-A, P. 1-48


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.