Great Gulch Mine

The Great Gulch 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: Great Gulch Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Esmeralda

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

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 37.78306, -117.68139

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Great Gulch Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Great Gulch Mine


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Silver Peak District (1865)


Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Surface/Underground


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

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


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: LENSES, STREAKS

Form: LENSES, STREAKS


Structure

Type: R
Description: Thrust Faults


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Location): UTM IS TO CENTER OF CLAIM BLOCK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Production): THE MINE IS SAID TO HAVE PRODUCED $6000-$7000 WORTH OF ORE, 98 TONS OF WHICH NETTED THE OWNERS $57-$58/TON

Comment (Development): ORE WAS TREATED IN CHIATOVICH'S MILL AT SILVER PEAK AND THE TAILINGS WERE CHLORINATED. ATORTUOUS, 240-FT. TUNNEL WAS RUN IN 1903 BY TONOPAH INTERESTS, BUT DID NOT INTERSECT ORE.

Comment (Deposit): ORE IS STREAKS OF ARSENOPYRITE ASSOCIATED WITH ALASKITE AND QUARTZ BODIES USUALLY PARALLEL TO THE BEDDING OF THE LIMESTONE, ESPECIALLY IN THE HANGING WALL OF QUARTZ LENSES; OR AS SEAMS BETWEEN LAMINAE OF THE SEDIMENTARY ROCK

Comment (Workings): SEVERAL CUTS AND TUNNELS, THE LONGEST BEING 220 FEET. A 240-FT. LONG PROSPECT TUNNEL WAS RUN BELOW THESE IN 1903, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF TONOPAH PARTIES, BUT DID NOT REACH ANY ORE.

Comment (Geology): ARSENOPYRITE REPLACES BOTH LIMESTONE AND ALASKITE IN PLACES. ARSENOPYRITE WAS DEPOSITED IN FRACTURES IN THE QUARTZ, WHICH FRACTURED BETTER UNDER STRESS THAN DID THE ENCLOSING LIMESTONE SCHIST. ORE DEPOSITION BY RISING SOLUTIONS IS INDICATED.


References

Reference (Deposit): SPURR, J.E., (1906) ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SILVER PEAK QUADRANGLE, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER NO. 55

Reference (Production): SPURR, J.E. (1906) P. 66.


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.