Jarbidge District

Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001655
MRDS ID W002899
Record type District
Current site name Jarbidge District
Alternate or previous names Success Mine
Related records 10246650

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.41761, 41.8499 (WGS84)
Relative position DISTRICT ABOUT 14 SQUARE MILES

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) HYDROTHERMAL
  • (Local) SILICIFICATION
  • (Local) OXIDATION

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.41761, 41.8499

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description NORTH; NORTH-NORTH WEST TRENDING FISSURES "CRATORS" OF GLACIAL ORIGIN FOLDING, FAULTING, TILTING
Type of structure Regional
Structure description N-S BLOCK FAULTING; ELONGATE E-W DOME OF RHYOLITIC LAVA FLOWS. PALEOZOIC ROCKS ARE HIGHLY FOLDED AND INTRUDED BY GRANITIC STOCKS AND DIKES.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1909
Discoverer D. A. Bourne
Year of first production 1910

Mining district

District name JARBIDGE DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F. C. 1912, RECONN. OF JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MOUNTAIN MINING-DISTRICTS, ELKO CO., NEV: USGS BULL. 497, 162P.

  • Deposit

    KOSCHMANN, A H AND BERGENDAHL, M H, 1968: PRINCIPAL GOLD-PRODUCING DIST. OF THE U.S. : USGS PROF. PAPER 610 P. 176

  • Deposit

    GRANGER, A E; BELL, M M, SIMMONS, G C, AND LEE, F, 1957, GEOL AND MIN RESOURCES OF ELKO CO., NEV.: NEV. BUR OF MINES BULL. P. 83-101

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN, F C, 1923, MINING DIST AND MIN RESOURCES NEV: RENO, P. 48-50.

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F C, 1923, JARBIDGE MINING DISTRICT: USGS BULL. 741

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R.J., 1971, GOLD BEARING DEP NE NEV, ECON GEOL, VOL 66 NO 1 P. 14-33

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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