St. Paul

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045546
MRDS ID M233313
Record type Site
Current site name St. Paul
Alternate or previous names Banner St Paul- Banner Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.78428, 41.2399 (WGS84)
Relative position ONE MILE SOUTHEAST OF MIDAS

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Near The Vein The Rhyolite Is Sericitized

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.78428, 41.2399

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NW
    Dip NE75
    Thickness 21.34M
    Width 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE VEIN IS A FISSURE FILLING W/ THE ORE OXIDIZED TO A DEPTH OF 70FT. BELOW THIS IT CONSISTS OF BANDED QUARTZ W/ ARGENTITE AND RUBY SILVER

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1960
Year of first production 1910

Mining district

District name Gold Circle

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 40.23M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, 2 DRIFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRANGER A.E. ETAL(1957) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV., NEV BUREAU OF MINES BULL 54

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF A 132 FT SHAFT ALONG W/TWO DRIFTS. THE ORE VEIN IS THE SAME AS THAT ON THE BANNER PROPERTY TO THE NORTHWEST
Deposit FISSURE VEIN WITH ORE OXIDIZED TO A DEPTH OF 70FEET, AND WITH ARGENTITE & RUBY SILVER BELOW THIS

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

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