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Hill of Gold Mine, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USAi
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Hill of Gold MineMine
Esmeralda CountyCounty
NevadaState
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
38° 1' 28'' North , 117° 16' 15'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
38.02466,-117.27092
GeoHash:
G#: 9qu876jvt
GRN:
N26W66
Type:
Mine
Köppen climate type:
BWk : Cold desert climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Tonopah2,478 (2011)5.9km
Goldfield268 (2011)35.3km
Silver Peak107 (2011)43.8km
Mindat Locality ID:
428899
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:428899:5
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Commodity: Ore Materials: gold

Deposit: Gold mineralization occurs along a northeast - trending fault which separates Tertiary Oddie Rhyolite and Fraction Tuff.

Deposit type: Epithermal vein, Comstock

Development: Meridian Land and Mineral Co. of Billings, Montana owned the property in 1982. Meridian had about 150 claims over the area. The mine dumps were trenched for sampling and Meridian did some drilling in 1982 north of the shaft. The property was evaluated in 1991-93. Eastfield Resources, Ltd. controlled the property in 2004.

Geology: Drill holes encountered spotty gold mineralization.

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References

Tingley, J.V., (1972), unpublished reports.
United States Bureau of Land Management, (1978)t
Bonham, H.F., Jr. and Garside, L.J., (1979), NBMG Bull 92.
Bonham, H.F., Jr. And Garside, L.J., (1979), NBMG Bull 96.
Garside, L.J., (1982), Field Examination, NBMG, 8 Jul 82.
Smith and Tingley, (1983).
United States Geological Survey, (1987).
Giancola, (1995), 1996, 1997, 1998
Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, (1995), 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
Tregaskis, (1997).
Long, K.R., DeYoung, J.H., Jr., and Ludington, S.D., (1998), Database of significant deposits of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in the United States; Part A, Database description and analysis; part B, Digital database: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-206, 33 p., one 3.5 inch diskette.
Eastfield Resources, Ltd., (2004)a, 2004b.
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