St. Joe Group

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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  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 10044646
MRDS ID M232194
Record type Site
Current site name St. Joe Group
Alternate or previous names Free Gold Group Western Part

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.41785, 41.81268 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position 4 MILES SSE OF JARBIDGE

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)

Jarbidge Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 045N 068E 03,10 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue
Pyrite Unknown

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) -115.41785, 41.81268

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 1609.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1910

Mining district

District name Jarbidge District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner C. A. Mcmaster Party
    First year 1910
  • Type Owner
    Owner St. Joe Co. Of Jarbidge
    First year 1910

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C. (1912) RECON. OF JARBIDGE, CONTACT ELK MT. DIST, ELKO CO, NEV, USGS BULL 497

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ON EXTENSION OF GOOD LUCK VEIN SOUTHWARD ACROSS JARBIDGE RIVER, OPENED BY A 60 FT TUNNEL IN THE BASE OF THE MOUNTAIN, WEST OF THE RIVER, VEINS IS RHYOLITE BRECCIA, IS PYRITIC (SCHRADER, P 83) VEIN IS NEARLY A MILE LONG. OWNED IN 1910 BY THE ST. JOE CO. OF JARBIDGE, DEVELOPED AT THAT TIME BY THE C.A. MCMASTER PARTY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1980 Tingley, J.V. 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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