Columbia

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045128
MRDS ID M232795
Record type Site
Current site name Columbia
Alternate or previous names Columbia Queen-Bonanza

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.10732, 41.67851 (WGS84)
Relative position 1/2 MILE NW OF COLUMBIA RANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Maggie Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bull Run Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Owyhee(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 044N 052E 25 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • COULD POSSIBLY BE 1/2 FURTHER NW. IN ALDER GL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Porter Peak Formation
    Rock description Porter Peak Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.10732, 41.67851

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description N-S Faults (Three), Displace Lode To The North

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures And Shears

Comments on the geologic information

  • SOUTHERNMOST LODE IN FAULT CONTACT W/ GRANODIORITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Year of first production 1875

Mining district

District name Aura

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner The Stokes Co.
    First year 1875

Comments on the production information

  • ORE ALSO CONTAINED SOME ZINC.

Comments on development

  • MINE WAS OPERATED BY STOKES CO. IN 1875

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, R.M., (1976-56) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO NEV., USGS. OPEN-FILE REPORT

  • Deposit

    GRANGER, A.E., ETAL (1957) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 54

  • Deposit

    EMMONS, W.H., (1910) RECONNAISSANCE OF ELKO, LANDER & EUREKA CO. NEV, USGS BULL 408

  • Production

    GRANGER, A.E., ET AL., (1957).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REPLACEMENT VEIN; FISSURES & SHEARS
Deposit MINE WAS OPERATED IN 1875. LOCATED ON WEST SIDE OF COLUMBIA CREEK. OWNED BY THE STOKES CO. IN 1875. (EMMONS 1910) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1979 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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