Elko-Lander Prospect

The Elko-Lander Prospect is a gold mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,450 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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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.