The St. Joe Group is a gold and silver mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,801 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: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 41.81278, -115.41694
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St. Joe Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: St. Joe Group
Secondary: Free Gold Group Western Part
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: 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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: St. Joe Co. Of Jarbidge
Years: 1910 -
Owner Name: C. A. Mcmaster Party
Years: 1910 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1910
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): TUNNEL
Comment (Deposit): ON EXTENSION OF GOOD LUCK VEIN SOUTHWARD ACROSS JARBIDGE RIVER, OPENED BY A 60 FT TUNNEL IN THE BASE OF THE MOUNTAIN, WEST OF THE RIVER, VEINS IS RHYOLITE BRECCIA, IS PYRITIC (SCHRADER, P 83) VEIN IS NEARLY A MILE LONG. OWNED IN 1910 BY THE ST. JOE CO. OF JARBIDGE, DEVELOPED AT THAT TIME BY THE C.A. MCMASTER PARTY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C. (1912) RECON. OF JARBIDGE, CONTACT ELK MT. DIST, ELKO CO, NEV, USGS 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.
