High Ore Mine

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045958
MRDS ID M233858
Record type Site
Current site name High Ore Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.72728, 41.71047 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position 1 MI. NE OF CHINA MT., HEAD OF MEADOW CR.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blanchard Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jackpot(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salmon Falls(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(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 044N 064E 09 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.72728, 41.71047

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Granodiorite Stock With Assoc. Faults, Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Width 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intrusive, Veins & Dikes, Faults, Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Year of first production 1875

Mining district

District name Contact (48)

Comments on the production information

  • ORE AVERAGES 16% CU, AND RUNS AS HIGH AS 40% CU. PRODUCTION WAS SMALL, LESS THAN $5000 WORTH, OCCURRING IN THE MID-1870'S AND IN 1915

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 19.81M

Comments on the workings information

  • 65-FT INCLINED SHAFT

Comments on development

  • MINED IN THE MID-1870'S BY THE SAME PEOPLE WHO WORKED THE CHINAMAN MINE. 6 CLAIMS. SMALL PRODUCTION IN 1915.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, R.M. (1976) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO., NEV.: USGS OFR 76-56, P 39-45.

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C. (1935) THE CONTACT MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BUL. 847-A

  • Deposit

    HOPE, R.A. & COATS, R.R. (1976) PRELIM. GEOLOGIC MAP OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR 76-779

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C. (1912) A RECONN. OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MT. MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO CO., NEVADA: USGS BUL 497.

  • Deposit

    GRANGER, A.E., ET. AL. (1957) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 54.

  • Production

    SMITH, R.M., (1976); SCHRADER, 1912 & 1935

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: MID-1870'S
Deposit VEIN ALONG FISSURE IN DIKE
Deposit THIS MINE IS LOCATED 1 MI. NE OF CHINA MT. AND THE CONTACT. IT WAS MINED IN THE MID-1870 S BY THE SAME PEOPLE WHO WORKED THE CHINAMAN MINE. PRACTICALLY ALL THE DIKES AND VEINS TREND NE-WARD, ROUGHLY PARALLEL TO THOSE IN THE ELLEN D. MT. AREA WEST OF THE SALMON R., AND SEEM TO BE PART OF THE SAME FISSURE SYSTEM. THE MINE IS LOCATED IN THE HIGH ORE GROUP, WHICH CONSISTS OF 6 CLAIMS. IT IS OPENED CHIEFLY BY A 65-FT. INCLINED SHAFT SUNK ON A VEIN WHICH DIPS 45 W., AND SEEMS TO BE CONTAINED IN A QUARTZ MONZONITE PORPHYRY DIKE SIMILAR TO THE CAMP BIRD PROSPECT. THE VEIN HAS A WIDTH OF AT LEAST A FOOT AND CONSISTS OF ABOUT 9 INCHES OF ORE WITH ONE OR TWO INCHES OF QUARTZ GANGUE ON EITHER SIDE. THE ORE AVERAGES 16% CU AND PEAKS AT ABOUT 40% CU. (SCHRADER, 1912, P 138), THE MINE HAD SMALL PRODUCTION IN 1915. (GRANGER, ET. AL., 1957, P 40.) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1979 Weimer, Becky S. 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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