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Colorado Grande

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045549
MRDS ID M233316
Record type Site
Current site name Colorado Grande

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.77845, 41.24434 (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 16,22 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.77845, 41.24434
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Rhyolite-Andesite Contact

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Length 1219.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1920
Year of first production 1920

Mining district

District name Gold Circle

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW CUTS, SHAFTS

Comments on development

  • 3 CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    CARPER, A. F. (920) REPORT ON REX MINE & COLORADO GRANDE GROUP, N. B. OF M. MINING DISTRICT FILES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, FAULT ZONE
Deposit PROPERTY CONSISTS OF THREE CLAIMS, LOCATED NEAR THE REX MINE, THE VEIN IS OPENED BY SHALLOW CUTS AND SHAFTS FOR A DISTANCE OF 4,000 FT. ; 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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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