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Tiger Lode

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc
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  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045131
MRDS ID M232798
Record type Site
Current site name Tiger Lode

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.16454, 41.68962 (WGS84)
Relative position .6 MILE NORTH OF PORTER PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bull Run Reservoir(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 28 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Galena Ore
Pyromorphite Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.16454, 41.68962
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Dip 60 W
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Aura

Comments on the workings information

  • 5 SHORT TUNNELS; ONE ABOVE THE OTHER

Comments on development

  • ORE PACKED BY MILES IN 1870'S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ORANGER, A.E., ETAL (1957) GEOLOGY, & MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEW BUREU OF MINE BULL. 54.

  • Deposit

    DECKER, R.W. (1962) GEOLOGY OF THE BULL RUND QUAD, ELKO CO. NEV BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 60.

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    GRANGER, A.E., ETAL., 1957.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LODE IS WORKED BY FIVE SHORT TUNNELS, DRIVEN ONE ABOVE THE OTHER. LOCATED AT HEAD OF SILVER GULCH, ON NORTH SLOPE OF PORTER PEAK. ORE PACKED BY MULES TO MTN. CITY IN 1870'S. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit Discovery Year: 1870'S

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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