The Elko-Lander Prospect is a gold mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,450 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,450 Feet (1,966 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.54722, -117.13806
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Elko-Lander Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Elko-Lander Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Bismuth
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Battle Mountain District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Adams, Charles
Years: 1928 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1928
Discovery Year: 1912
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Thrust Faults
Type: L
Description: Ne-Trending Folds And Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE CARRIED $40 PER TON, IN AU, AG IN 1912
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Deposit): VEIN PARALLELS BEDDING IN QUARTZITE
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUT, TUNNEL, SHAFT
Comment (Geology): VEIN-ABOUT 2 FEET WIDE
Comment (Deposit): DEVELOPMENT CONSISTED OF AN OPEN CUT AND A TUNNEL IN 1912, AND LATER, A SHAFT. CHARLES ADAMS SHIPPED 20 TONS OF GOLD-BISMUTH ORE IN 1928 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): W SIDE OF RIDGE CREST BETWEEN WILLOW CREEK & COPPER CANYON
Comment (Production): CHARLES ADAMS SHIPPED 20 TONS OF GOLD-BISMUTH ORE IN 1928
References
Reference (Deposit): HILL, J.A., 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE CALIFORNIA AND NW NEVADA; USGS BULL 594
Reference (Deposit): STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER CO, NEV: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 88.
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R.J. AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA; U.S.G.S. PROF PAPER 459B.
Reference (Production): ROBERTS, R.J. AND ARNOLD, D.C.
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
