Red Dike Prospect

The Red Dike Prospect is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,999 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

Name: Red Dike Prospect  

State:  Nevada

County:  Elko

Elevation: 7,999 Feet (2,438 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 41.87528, -115.37028

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Red Dike Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Red Dike Prospect
Secondary: Red Dike Mine
Secondary: Red Vein
Secondary: Red Dyke


Commodity

Primary: Gold


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

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1916
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

Type: R
Description: Crater Range

Type: L
Description: Normal Faults


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification


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 (Location): AND THE FIRST CRATER

Comment (Deposit): DISCOVERED BY PAT DONAHUE IN 1916. VEIN IS 2 TO 12 FEET WIDE AND DIPS INTO TH RIDGE. GANGUE IS SIMILAR TO THAT IN TH PICK AND SHOVERL MINE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT


References

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C. (1923) JARBIDGE MINING DISTRICT, NV., USGS BULL. 741

Reference (Deposit): GRANGER, M.B. (1957) GEOL. AND MINL. RES. OF ELKO CO., NV., NBM BULL. 54

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R.M., MINL. RES. OF ELKO CO., NV., USGS OPEN FILE 1976-56


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.