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Mohawk

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Iron
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045143
MRDS ID M232811
Record type Site
Current site name Mohawk

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.69259, 41.81546 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.8 MILES NORTH WEST OF TENNESSEE MTN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tennessee Mountain(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 45N 056E 0708 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Siliceous Alterration Present

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.69259, 41.81546
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Veins Occur Along Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • OCCURS IN CONJUNCTION W/TACTITE ZONES NEAR INTRUSIVE CONTACT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1916
Year of first production 1916

Mining district

District name Alder

Comments on development

  • LODE MINING TOOK PLACE FROM 1916 TO 1939

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    SMITH, R.M.,1976.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LODE MINING TOOK PLACE FROM 1916-1939

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1979 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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