Riddle Lease

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044648
MRDS ID M232196
Record type Site
Current site name Riddle Lease
Alternate or previous names Arizona No. 2 Claim, Later Part of Jarbidge-Paulak G.M. Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.42869, 41.85712 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Relative position 1 1/4 MILE 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 046N 058E 21 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Analytical data

Result $1.60 TO $16/TON IN GOLD IN 1910

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 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) -115.42869, 41.85712

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Width 0.2M

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 And Corrigan
    First year 1910

Comments on the production information

  • $1.60 TO $16/TON IN 1910 ORE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • DRIFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C. (1912), 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 HELD AND OPERATED IN 1910 BY RIDDLE & CORRIGAN. DEVELOPEMENT AT THAT TIME CONSISTED OF A TUNNEL ON DRIFT 100-FT. LONG ON A SPUR-VEIN CROSSCUTTING THE MAIN PAULAK VEIN. 8-INCH ORE STREAK ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 La Pointe, D.D. 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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