Gold Coin #2 Mine, Nevada Fairview Mine (Synder Mine; Gold Coin Mine), Fairview Mining District, Churchill County, Nevada, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Gold Coin #2 Mine | Mine |
| Nevada Fairview Mine (Synder Mine; Gold Coin Mine) | Mine |
| Fairview Mining District | Mining District |
| Churchill County | County |
| Nevada | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
39° 10' 48'' North , 118° 11' 47'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Gabbs | 269 (2011) | 41.9km |
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Gold Coin Number Two Mine
Alteration: Silicification
Deposit: Was sunk 130 ft from the portal. The workings were reported by schrader to be mostly in a white quartz vein 10-15 ft wide that assayed good au/ag values. The vein also had streaks of very rich ore in the footwall side of the vein. Veins are banded fissure fillings, irregular in nature. Workings explore a prominent ledge of silicified volcanics with brecciated rock and calcite. Sulfides are said to begin on the 100-ft level. Adit #1 is 430 ft long and attains a depth of 250 ft at the face. Vein reported to carry ore shoots up to 2.5 ft wide with good ore. The samples described in analytical data were taken from this adit. A second adit, starting from discovery site was reported to run 125 ft N along a steeply dipping fault plane with a 2-6 ft vein. Ore reportedly followed the whole strike length of the working and consisted of mostly quartz. At the tunnel of the adit is a 100-ft shaft, the first 60 ft of which was reported to be in the same vein and ore body As the adit which produced most of the ore from these workings, although the workings were expanded As a cross-cut with raises and drifts. About 0.5 mile to the north the vein outcrops boldly for a distance of several hundred ft and is opened by a 30-ft adit-drift known As tunnel #4, from which a winze
Deposit type: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Development: Patented claims. Optioned to snyder after discovery in 1906, worked by 20 men for about a year, with later production in 1910. Tenneco has recently been sampling and mapping the underground workings followed by road-building along the trend of the vein. Prospect was drilled by tenneco, later recommended to be dropped.
Ore(s): Fault Zone, Inpart, Striking N, Steep Dip
Deposit: Was sunk 130 ft from the portal. The workings were reported by schrader to be mostly in a white quartz vein 10-15 ft wide that assayed good au/ag values. The vein also had streaks of very rich ore in the footwall side of the vein. Veins are banded fissure fillings, irregular in nature. Workings explore a prominent ledge of silicified volcanics with brecciated rock and calcite. Sulfides are said to begin on the 100-ft level. Adit #1 is 430 ft long and attains a depth of 250 ft at the face. Vein reported to carry ore shoots up to 2.5 ft wide with good ore. The samples described in analytical data were taken from this adit. A second adit, starting from discovery site was reported to run 125 ft N along a steeply dipping fault plane with a 2-6 ft vein. Ore reportedly followed the whole strike length of the working and consisted of mostly quartz. At the tunnel of the adit is a 100-ft shaft, the first 60 ft of which was reported to be in the same vein and ore body As the adit which produced most of the ore from these workings, although the workings were expanded As a cross-cut with raises and drifts. About 0.5 mile to the north the vein outcrops boldly for a distance of several hundred ft and is opened by a 30-ft adit-drift known As tunnel #4, from which a winze
Deposit type: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Development: Patented claims. Optioned to snyder after discovery in 1906, worked by 20 men for about a year, with later production in 1910. Tenneco has recently been sampling and mapping the underground workings followed by road-building along the trend of the vein. Prospect was drilled by tenneco, later recommended to be dropped.
Ore(s): Fault Zone, Inpart, Striking N, Steep Dip
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsMineral List
3 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Acanthite | 2.BA.35 | Ag2S |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| C | Carbon | |
|---|---|---|
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Acanthite | Ag2S |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Ag | Silver | |
| Ag | ⓘ Acanthite | Ag2S |
Other Databases
| GeoNames ID: | 5504695 |
|---|---|
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10047619 |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North AmericaContinent
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Basin and Range BasinsBasin
- Havallah BasinBasin
- Northern Basin and RangeWide Rift
- Shoofly-Olds Ferry DomainDomain
- West Nevada Permian-Triassic BasinBasin
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