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Pavlak Mine Jarbidge-Pavlak G.M.Co.Properties

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045286
MRDS ID M232986
Record type Site
Current site name Pavlak Mine Jarbidge-Pavlak G.M.Co.Properties
Alternate or previous names Includes Arizona 1,2,3,4 Claims, Taft Cclaim, Amazon Claim,, Rainbow Fractioncommonly Called the Arizona Group. It Includes The, Pavlak Mine.
Related records 10310339

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.42758, 41.85212 (WGS84)
Elevation 2210
Relative position 1 MILE S. OF JARBIDGE ON JARBIDGE RIVER

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 046N 058E 21;28 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Fluorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Kaolinization, Silicificatin, Pyritization

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Jarbidge Rhyolite
    Rock description Jarbidge Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.42758, 41.85212
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NW
    Dip STEEPLY E
    Width 18.29M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciated Zone (Fault Zone?)

Comments on the geologic information

  • 4 OR MORE VEINS ON THE PROPERTY, THE MOST IMPORTANT OF WHICH ARE THE PAVLAK AND TAFT VEINS. FREE GOLD IS COMMONLY IN NODULES OR RENIFORM LUMPS FORMED BY CONCRETIONARY GROWTHS OF GANGUE, USUALLY AROUND AN ENCLOSED FRAGMENT OF RHYOLITE. IN CONCRETIONARY ORE, GOLD USUALLY OCCURS ALONG DARK LINES OF BANDING.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1909
Discoverer Michael Pavlak Andmr. Truro

Mining district

District name Jarbidge District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Jarbidge-Pavlak Gold-Mining Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Henry Mccormick
    First year 1920

Comments on the production information

  • 3000 TONS ORE PRODUCED ONLY $10,000. DUE TO POOR RECOVERY

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 609.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • DRIFTS, TUNNELS, STOPES. THE PAVLAK TUNNEL, DRIVEN IN 1910, AT N75E FOR 700 FT., CROSSCUT THE PAVLAK VEIN AT A DEPTH OF 600 FT., WHERE THE VEIN IS 2-8 FT. WIDE THE PAVLAK SHAFT WAS (AT LEAST) WHERE THE VEIN WAS 10-12 FT. DEEP IN GOOD ORE.

Comments on development

  • MILL ERECTED IN 1911, AND RAN INTERMITTENTLY FOR 4 MONTHS WITH POOR RECOVERY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C.,(1923), THE JARBIDGE MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA; U.S.G.S. OPEN FILE REPT. 1976-56.

  • Deposit

    FAIRBANK AND O'BYRNE, J.F.,(1911) JARBIDGE MINING DISTRICT MAP.

  • Production

    SCHRADER, F.C.,(1923)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PAVLAK VEIN IN BRECCIATED FAULT ZONE
Deposit LOCATED BY MICHAEL PAVLAK AND MR.TRURO IN 1909. OWNED IN 1910 BY THE JARBIDGE-PAVLAK G.M. CO., AND OPERATED BY LESSEES. 7 CLAIMS EXTEND FOR ABOUT 6000 FEET, MAINLY ALONG THE PAVLAK VEIN WHICH IS UP TO 60 FT. WIDE. IN 1910-1911, MESSRS. BROWN OF SALT LAKE CITY PURCHASED THE PAVLAK MINE AND ERECTED A MILL IN 1911 WHICH RAN INTERMITTENTLY FOR 4 MONTHS, CLOSING IN 1912. DEVELOPMENT BY 1920 CONSISTED OF ABOUT 2000 FEET OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS (DRIFTS, TUNNELS, STOPES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1979 Depta, Mary J. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAR-1990 Marcus, Susan U.S. Geological Survey

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