The Riddle Lease is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,299 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,299 Feet (1,920 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.85722, -115.42778
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Riddle Lease MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Riddle Lease
Secondary: Arizona No. 2 Claim
Secondary: Later Part of Jarbidge-Paulak G.M. Co.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Jarbidge District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Riddle And Corrigan
Years: 1910 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1910
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
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
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
Analytical Data: $1.60 TO $16/TON IN GOLD IN 1910
Materials
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Sericite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): HELD AND OPERATED IN 1910 BY RIDDLE & CORRIGAN. DEVELOPEMENT AT THAT TIME CONSISTED OF A TUNNEL ON DRIFT 100-FT. LONG ON A SPUR-VEIN CROSSCUTTING THE MAIN PAULAK VEIN. 8-INCH ORE STREAK ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Production): $1.60 TO $16/TON IN 1910 ORE.
Comment (Workings): DRIFT
References
Reference (Production): SCHRADER, F.C. (1912)
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C. (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.
