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Free Gold Group

Occurrence in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045277
MRDS ID M232977
Record type Site
Current site name Free Gold Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.41091, 41.81823 (WGS84)
Elevation 2515
Relative position 4 1/4 MILES SSE OF JARBIDGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jarbidge South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jarbidge Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bruneau(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 045N 058E 03;10 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • CROSSES JARBIDGE RIVER AT SNOWSLIDE GULCH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Jarbidge Rhyolite
    Rock description Jarbidge Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.41091, 41.81823
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw-Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Width 30.48M

Comments on the geologic information

  • 100-FT. WIDE LODE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Jarbidge District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Twin Falls Free Gold Mining And Milling Co.
    First year 1910

Comments on development

  • 6 OR MORE CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER,F.C.(1912),A RECONNAISSANCCE OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT AND ELK MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA; U.S.G.S. BULL 497

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 6 OR MORE CLAIMS OWNED IN 1910 BY TWIN FALLS FREE GOLD MINING AND MINING CO.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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