Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model75: Distal disseminated Ag-Au
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlSee Comments
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · Twin Canyon Member Of Osgood Mt. Qtzt
AlterationSilicification And Argillization. Both The Fault And Hanging Wall Fracture Zone Are Silicified. The Shaley Rocks Of The Hanging Wall Fracture Zone Are Strongly Argillized. The Clays Produced By Argillization Are Kaolinite, Dickite, Illite(?), And An Unidentified Expanding Variety.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1908- ??; 1990- PRESENT (1991)
First production1908
Discovery year1907
Identification
Deposit ID10043952
MRDS IDM231261
Alternate namesGolconda Gold Ledge Mining Co.
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.92628, -117.50263
References
PIERCE, C.A. (NO DATE), PRIVATE REPORT, NBMG FILES (128,ITEM 2)VANDERBURG, W.O., 1938, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT CO., NEV: USBM I.C.6995KRETSCHMER, E.L., 1991, GEOLOGY OF THE KRAMER HILL GOLD DEPOSIT, HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA, IN RAINES, G.L., ET AL, EDS., GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GREAT BASIN, THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA, RENO, P. 857-863.PIERCE, C.A. (NO DATE); VANDERBURG, W.O., 1938 KRETSCHMER, E.L., 1991, GEOLOGY OF THE KRAMER HILL GOLD DEPOSIT, HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA, IN RAINES, G.L., ET AL, EDS., GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GREAT BASIN, THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA, RENO, P. 857-863.