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Sunflower Group

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098604
MRDS ID M232189
Record type Site
Current site name Sunflower Group
Alternate or previous names Sunflower, Sunflower 1&2, Sunflower Fraction Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.42313, 41.84212 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position 2 1/2 MILES SSE OF JARBIDGE; E. SIDE OF RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jarbidge South(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 046N 058E 28,33 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.42313, 41.84212
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

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 Jarbidge District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Riddle, F. W.
    First year 1910
  • Type Owner
    Owner Riddle, F. W.
    First year 1910

Comments on development

  • 4 OR MORE CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C., 19128 A. RECONNAISSANCE OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT AND ELK MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA; U.S.G.S. BULL. 497

  • Production

    SCHRADER, F.C., 1912.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OWNED IN 1910 BY F.W. RIDDLE. 4 OR MORE CLAIMS PAID TO COMPRISE TWO VEINS SHOWING WORKABEL ORE OF FAIR GRADE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit 2 VEINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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