Gold Exchange group, Osceola Mining District, White Pine County, Nevada, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Gold Exchange group | - not defined - |
| Osceola Mining District | Mining District |
| White Pine County | County |
| Nevada | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
39° 4' 58'' North , 114° 23' 59'' West
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Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Butterfield, Star, Crescent, Time Check, Cumberland, Exchange, Woodman, Golden Eagle, And January
Structure: Many Vertical To Steeply Dipping Fault Planes With Little Displacement.
Deposit: Adjacent parallel fissures form a sheeted zone. In the cumberland lode, vein material contains many vugs lined with gold, fluorite, and other minerals. 2 main parallel lodes several hundred feet apart. Gold is concentrated in fissure zones of varying width,and is also disseminated in the beds of finely shattered quartzite. Comprises 11 lode claims of which 3 are fractional ; info.src : 1 pub lit; 2 unpub rept
Deposit type: Gneiss-hosted kyanite Au
Development: First ore was milled in arrastras. A small cyanide plant was built in the early 1900's. A mill run of several hundred tons of ore was made from the cumberland mine before 1908.
Ore(s): 2 Fracture Zones, One E-W, One Ne-Sw. The E-W One Traceable On Surface As A Series Of"Blowouts."
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| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 3 - Halides | |||
| ⓘ | Fluorite | 3.AB.25 | CaF2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
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| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| F | Fluorine | |
| F | ⓘ Fluorite | CaF2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Fluorite | CaF2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Au | Gold | |
| Au | ⓘ Gold | Au |
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Localities in this Region
- Nevada
- White Pine County
- Osceola Mining District
- Gold Exchange group
- Osceola Mining District
- White Pine County
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