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Infidel

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Iron
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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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045137
MRDS ID M232805
Record type Site
Current site name Infidel

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.09954, 41.67796 (WGS84)
Relative position 1/2 MILE NORTHEAST 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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena 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) -116.09954, 41.67796
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures And Shear Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS ACTUALLY A SHEETED ZONE OF FOUR SUBPARALLEL VEINLETS, THE ORE VEINS ARE COMPOSED OF WHITE QUARTZ

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
    Owner Stokes Co.
    First year 1875

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 TUNNELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    GRANGER A.E.(1956) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO NEV., BUREAU OF MINES BULL 54

  • Deposit

    DECKER R.W. (1962) GEOLOGY OF THE BULL RUBER QUD, ELKO, CO NEV., NEV BUR OF MINES 60

  • Production

    GRANGER, A.E. ET AL., (1956).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REPLACEMENT VEIN & FISSURES, SHEAR ZONES
Deposit WORKED FROM THREE TUNNELS DRIVEN NORTH INTO HILL. VEIN LIES PARALLEL TO BEDDING. LOCATED ON HILL ABOVE COLUMBIA. THE MINE WAS OWNED BY THE STOKES CO. IN 1875

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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