Columbia-Infidel Mine

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10222004
MAS/MILS ID 0320070141
Record type Site
Current site name Columbia-Infidel Mine
Alternate or previous names Infidel Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.07173, 41.6827 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Maggie Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bull Run Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Owyhee(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 044 N 052 E 25 C E2 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.07173, 41.6827

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 54, 1957, P. 28.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 17-92, 1992, PLATE 1,

  • Deposit

    NO. 74; PLATE 3, NO. 31.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE FROM THIS AND SEVERAL OTHER NEARBY SILVER MINES WERE PROCESSED IN THE COLUMBIA MILL, BUILT IN 1870. SAMPLE IRS- 271 WAS FROM THIS SITE, WHICH BURNT IN 1875. THE MINERAL SURVEY PLOTS ABOUT 300 OR 400 FT. TOO FAR WEST. THE MAIN WORKINGS (A CAVED SHAFT) ARE THE MAIN INDICATOR THAT THERE MAY BE SOME LOCATIONAL PROBLEMS WITH RESPECT TO THE ACTUAL LOCATION OF THE WORKINGS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-OCT-91 Schmauch, Steven W. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.