Description
A.D. Meyers And R.C. Hart Of Tonopah, (Grubstaked By A Group Of 8 Tonopah People)
Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver
TertiaryTellurium, Copper, Zinc, Antimony, Arsenic, Bismuth
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model154: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Deposit sizeM
Orebody formTABULAR TO IRREGULAR
Ore controlFracture System; Caldera Ring Fracture Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsBismuthinite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Famatinite, Gold, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GangueAlunite, Clay, Gypsum, Limonite, Marcasite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockDacite,Latite · Milltown Andesite;Milltown Andesite
StructureFaulting Parallel To Vein Contacts. Some Dacite Show Evidence Of Earlier Brecciation And Silicification
AlterationAlunitization, Silicification, Pyritization, Argillization
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1903
Discovery year1903
Identification
Deposit ID10046700
MRDS IDM241899
Alternate namesCombination Nos 2 and 3, Hazel Queen, Golconda, Red Boy, Wonder, Mammoth, Goldstone, Victor Claims, Later Part of Goldfield Consolidated Mines Co, After 1906-7. Combination Claim Group, Consisting of the Combination
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.71273, -117.22452
References
ALBERS, J.P., AND STEWART, J.H., 1972, NBMG BULL. 78.LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: RENO, NEV., NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO.SHAMBERGER, H.A., 1982, THE STORY OF GOLDFIELD; NEVADA HISTORICAL PRESS, CARSON CITY, NEVADA, 240 P.NBMG REPORT 33, P. 77-86.USGS PP 843-A, P. 1-48COLLINS, E.A., 1907, MINING AND SCI. PRESS P. 397-399, P. 435-438SHAMBERGER, H.A., 1982, P. 175; RANSOME, 1909, P. 209-210