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Pavlak Lease

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. Alteration
  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 10098605
MRDS ID M232200
Record type Site
Current site name Pavlak Lease
Alternate or previous names Pavlak-Thorout Lease, Taft & Arizona No. 1 Claims, On Pavlak-Jarbidge Mining Co. Land.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.42647, 41.85129 (WGS84)
Elevation 1966

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 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Gangue
Marcasite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Kaolinization, Chloritization Epidotization; Pyritization.

Analytical data

Result UP TO SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS PER 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 Rhyolite;Quartizite
    Rock description Jarbidge Rhyolite;Quartizite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.42647, 41.85129
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Width 3.66M

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEINS

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 Pavlak-Jarbidge Mining Co
    First year 1910
  • Type Owner
    Owner Jarbidge-Pavlak G. M. Co.
    First year 1910

Comments on the production information

  • UP TO SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS PER TON (IN 1910).

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 213.36M
    Overall depth 12.19M

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. BULL. 497

  • Production

    SCHRADER, F.C. (1912)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OPERATED IN 1910 BY THE PAVLAK-JARBIDGE CO., DEVELOPMENT AT THAT TIME CONSISTED OF THE PAVLAK TUNNEL, DRIVEN N75 DEG E FOR 700 FT., CROSSCUTTING THE PAVLAK VEIN AT A DEPTH OF 600 FT, WHERE THE VEIN IS 2 TO 8 FT. WIDE. ALSO, THE PAVLAK SHAFT, 40 FT. DEEP, WHERE THE VEIN IS 10-12 FEET WIDE WITH GOOD ORE. ; 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

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