Description
Charles Taylor Of Tonopah, Grubstaked By George Kernick And George Mcclelland.
Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver, Copper
TertiaryTin, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model154: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR TO IRREGULAR
Ore controlFissures In A Sheeted Zone; Caldera Ring Fracture Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsFamatinite, Sphalerite, Wurtzite
GangueAlunite, Gypsum, Kaolinite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockDacite · Mill Town Andesite
Associated rockDacite
AlterationAlunitization, Pyritization
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1903
Identification
Deposit ID10046713
MRDS IDM241914
Alternate namesPart of Goldfield Consolidated Mines Co. After 1906-7. Jumbo, Clermont, Lucky Boy, Grizzly Bear Claims
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates37.71634, -117.22008
References
SHAMBERGER, H.A., 1982, THE STORY OF GOLDFIELD, NEVADA HISTORICAL PRESS, CARSON CITY, NEV. 240 P.COLLINS, E.A., 1907 MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESSNBMG REPORT 33, P. 77-86.RIDGE, J.D., 1974, GSA MEM 131.SEARLS, F., 1948, NBMG BULL 48, P.18.TOLMAN AND AMBROSE, 1934, ECON GEOL VOL. 29, P. 255-279.UNPUBLISHED MAPS OF CLERMONT MINE FROM CALUMET & HECLA'S OPERATIONS IN 1930'S: NBMG FILE 91, ITEMS 25, 26, 27, 28SHAMBERGER, 1982, P. 199; GSA MEMOIR 131, 1974; NBMG BULL 48, P. 17.