St. Elmo Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045485
MRDS ID M233244
Record type Site
Current site name St. Elmo Mine
Alternate or previous names Gold Standard2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.63564, 41.73907 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cornwall Mountain(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 044N;045N 056E;056E 03;;33 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Prospect Mountain Quartzite
    Rock description Prospect Mountain Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.63564, 41.73907

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1940
Year of first production 1947

Mining district

District name Island Mountain

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner St. Elmo Gold And Silver Inc.
    Home office P. O. Box 78, Mountain City, Nv. 89831

Comments on the workings information

  • EXTENSIVE SHAFTS & TUNNELS WERE DRIVEN ALONG QUARTZ VEINS.

Comments on development

  • MINE WAS OPENED IN THE LATE 1940'S, AND WAS ABANDONED IN 1950. IT WAS ACTIVE AT LEAST FROM 1976 TO PRESENT, EMPLOYING 4 PERSONS IN UNDERGROUND OPERATIONS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    COASCH, J. R. (1967) GEOLOGY OF THE MT. VELMA QUAD. NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 68

  • Deposit

    STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES (1981) DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINING OPERATIONS ACTIVE IN 1980.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS.
Deposit THE MINE WAS OPENED IN THE LATE 1940'S. EXTENSIVE SHAFTS AND TUNNELS WERE DRIVEN ALONG QUARTZ VEINS. THE OPERATION WAS ABANDONED IN 1950. NEVADA STATE MINE INSPECTOR LIST OF ACTIVE MINES FOR 1976 SHOWED OPERATION AT GOLD STANDARD2, PROBABLY SAME PROP ERTY. LISTED IN 1980 AS AN ACTIVE UNDERGROUND MINE EMPLOYING 4 PERSONS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-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.

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.