4-M Lease

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 10045276
MRDS ID M232976
Record type Site
Current site name 4-M Lease
Alternate or previous names On Arizona No.1 Claim, Later Part of Jarbidge Pavlak G.M. Co. Holdings.Probablythe Pavlak

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.42758, 41.85518 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES SOUTH 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
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result SOME ASSAYS TO $800/TON IN 1910

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 Rylolite
    Rock description Jarbidge Rylolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.42758, 41.85518

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, POCKETS, STREAKS, BUNCHES
    Length 60.96M
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciated Zones

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Lessee/Operator
    Owner Moffit, Mccarty, Morris And Son
    Last year 1910

Comments on the production information

  • HIGH GRADE ORE ASSAYED UP TO $18,036/TON IN 1910 OF WHICH 36OZ/T WAS AG AND THE REST GOLD.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 21.34M

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 LEASE HELD AND OPERATED IN 1910 BY MOFFIT, MCCARTY, MORRIS & SON. AT THAT TIME, THERE WAS A 70-FT DRIFT ON THE PAULAK VEIN, UP TO 3 FEET WIDE WITH A HIGH-GRADE ORE SHOOT NEARLY 200 FEET LONG, CONTAINING STREAKS, BUNCHES AND POCKETS OF ORE ASSAYING UP TO $18,036/TON (1910) OF WHICH 36 OZ. WAS SILVER AND THE REST GOLD. WINZE SUNK TO 50-FT. LEVEL WITH DRIFTS TO N.&S. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 Unknown 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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