Overview
Other Names: Tennessee Gulch, Tennessee Mountain
County: Elko
Discovered: 1869
Organized: 1870
Commodities: tungsten, silver, gold, lead, copper, molybdenum, uranium
Comments
The Alder, or Tennessee Gulch district, is about 10 miles south of Rowland. Most prospecting has been in T46N, R56E. The original district included both Tennessee Gulch and Lost Gulch placer areas. Tungsten deposits on the upper slopes of Tennessee Mountain are considered to be in the Alder district, but prospects on the lower slopes of Tennessee Mountain are in the adjacent Island Mountain district.
References
Stoddard, 1932, p. 28; Vanderburg, 1936a, p. 71; Gianella, 1945, p. 36; Granger and others, 1957, p. 26; Garside, 1973, p. 43; Bonham, 1976; Stager and Tingley, 1988, p. 49; LaPointe and others, 1991, p. 25
Placer District Description
Before 1900 placer deposits were worked along Gold Run Creek and Tennessee Gulch (T. 45 N., R. 56 E.) in the hills north of Island Mountain on the east side of Meadow Creek. No record of placer production exists.
Literature
Engineering and Mining Journal, 1897a: Reports placer claims adjacent to Sunset group of lode claims in Tennessee Gulch.
Vanderburg, 1936a: Notes past placer-mining activity in Gold Run Creek.
