The True Fissure G.M. Co. is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 9,501 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,501 Feet (2,896 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.82583, -115.37444
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True Fissure G.M. Co. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: True Fissure G.M. Co.
Secondary: Round Up #1,3,5
Secondary: 3rd Peak No. 1, 3rd Peak Fr. Claims
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Jarbidge District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: True Fissure And Jarbidge Gold Mining Co.
Owner Name: True Fissure Gold Mining Co.
Years: 1911 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1910
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Crater Range
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): INCLUDES ROUND UP #'S 1,3, AND 5, 3RD PEAK NO. 1 AND 3RD PEAK FR. DEVELOPED (IN 1910) BY SEVERAL TUNNELS, DRIFTS, AND OPEN CUTS ON THE THIRD PEAK VEIN; 2-7 FT. OF GRANULAR, SOFT, WHITE SUGARY QUARTZ BETWEEN WELL-DEFINED HARD BLUISH "PORPHYRY" WALLS. (DRIFT TO 185 FT. LONG IN 1912) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): VEIN IS 2-7 FT. OF GRANULAR SOFTWHITE QUARTZ BETWEEN WELL-DEFINED HARD BLUISH "PORPHYRY WALLS."
Comment (Workings): TUNNELS, DRIFTS, OPEN CUTS
References
Reference (Deposit): FAIRBANK AND O'BYRNE, J.F. (1911) MAP:JARBIDGE MINING DISTRICT
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, 1912, A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT AND ELK MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICTS ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 497.
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.
