Jarbidge District
Overview
Other Names: Sun Creek
County: Elko
Discovered: 1909
Commodities: gold, silver, tungsten, molybdenum, copper, lead, barite
Comments
The original Jarbidge district included an area about 14 miles square, extending a few miles west of the main Jarbidge River and east of the east fork (Schrader, 1923). The district now includes the northern portion of the Jarbidge Mountains as well as parts of the Granite Mountains and Copper Mountains to the west. The central Jarbidge district is located in T45-46N, R57-59E; the Sun Creek barite area is in T44N,R59E.
References
Hill, 1912, p. 205; Lincoln, 1923, p. 48; Schrader, 1923, p. 1; Stoddard, 1932, p. 32; Gianella, 1945, p. 42; Granger and others, 1957, p. 83; Smith, 1976, p. 93; Papke, 1984, table 3; Stager and Tingley, 1988, p. 60; LaPointe and others, 1991, p.135
Jarbidge Placer District Description
Location
Along the Jarbidge River, north of the Jarbidge Mountains. Tps. 45 and 47 N., R. 58 E.
Topographic Maps
Jarbidge 15-minute quadrangle.
Geologic Maps
Coats, 1964, Geologic map of the Jarbidge quadrangle, Nevada-Idaho (pi. 1), scale 1:62,500.
Access
From Elko, 26 miles northeast on Interstate 80 to Deeth. From Deeth, it is about 46 miles north on a dirt road to the site of Charleston. A dirt road crosses the mountains east of Charleston to Jarbidge, a distance of about 16 miles; from Jarbidge, dirt roads parallel the river north of the town. Jarbidge is more easily accessible from Idaho.
Extent
Minor amounts of placer gold have been recovered from gravels along the Jarbidge River, especially north of the town of Jarbidge (T. 46 N., R. 58 E.). Residual soils adjacent to lode mines on the west side of the Jarbidge Mountains between Snowslide Gulch (sec. 3, T. 45 N., R. 58 E.) and Jack Gulch (sec. 4, T. 46 N., R. 58 E.) have yielded placer gold. The gold in the placers is very fine grained and has not formed economic concentrations—some reports state that it is so fine it floats away in water.
Production History
Placer production from the Jarbidge district has been very small, primarily because of the very fine size of the gold and difficulties in its recovery.
Source
The ore deposits of the Jarbidge district are gold-silver fissures and veins in Tertiary volcanic rocks, the probable source of the placer deposits.
Literature
Buckley, 1911: Distribution, size, and shape of placer gold in the Jarbidge River; distribution of residual gold in soils; sketch map shows location of mines and placer claims.
Schrader, 1912: Notes absence of workable placer deposits; discusses distribution of fine gold in stream gravels; prospecting activity in 1910; number of colors of fine gold per pan; indicates areas where economic concentrations of gold might be found. 1923: Notes presence of small placer gold deposits along Jarbidge River and East Fork; reasons for sparsity of placer deposits.
Jefferson Canyon District
Overview
Other Names: Concordia, Green Isle, Jefferson, Great Basin
County: Nye
Discovered: 1866
Commodities: silver, gold, antimony
Comments
The district is located south of Mount Jefferson on the west side of the central Toquima Range about 6 miles northeast of Round Mountain and 12 miles north of Belmont. Originally known as Green Isle or Concordia, then Jefferson, the district is now known as Jefferson Canyon. The map of Todd and Welton (1866) shows a Great Basin district generally covering the west slope of the Toquima Range in the area now included in the Jefferson Canyon and Round Mountain districts.
References
Todd and Welton, 1866; Stretch, 1967, p. 64; Whitehill, 1873, p. 106; Whitehill, 1877, p. 105; Hill, 1912, p. 222; Lincoln, 1923, p. 171; Stoddard, 1932, p. 67; Kral, 1951, p. 80; Lawrence, 1963, p. 143; Kleinhampl and Ziony, 1984, p. 114
Jersey District
Overview
Other Names: Jersey Valley
Discovered: 1873
Commodities: silver, lead, zinc, copper, gold, manganese, zeolite
Comments
Located on the southwest edge of the Fish Creek Mountains about 50 miles southwest of Battle Mountain on the Pershing-Lander county line. The district is north of the historic Augusta district and east-southeast of the historic American district which may have included the southern flanks of Mount Tobin. Zeolite occurrences are west of the main part of the district, in adjacent Jersey Valley.
References
General Land Office, 1866; Whitehill, 1875, p. 52; Whitehill, 1877, p. 82; Angel, 1881, p. 474; Lincoln, 1923, p. 207; Stoddard, 1932, p. 77; Vanderburg, 1936b, p. 19; Papke, 1972, p. 17; Johnson, 1977, p. 62
