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Past 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. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045545
MRDS ID M233312
Record type Site
Current site name Banner

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.78901, 41.2449 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Midas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tuscarora(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rock(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 039N 046E 21 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore

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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.78901, 41.2449

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NW
    Dip 85NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE VEIN IS A FISSURE FILLING W/ FINE GRAINED ANDESITE ALONG THE WEST WALL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1910
Year of first production 1910

Mining district

District name Gold Circle

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 SHAFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ROTT E. H. (1931) ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GOLD CIRCLE DISTRICT, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 12

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FISSURE VEIN BEARS AURIFEROUS PYRITE, ARGENTITE & RUBY SILVER.
Deposit THE VEIN IS THE SAME AS THE ST. PAUL LODE JUST FURTHER SOUTHEAST ALONG STRIKE. WORK CONSISTS OF THREE SHAFTS ; 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.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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