The Columbia is a silver, gold, and lead mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Columbia MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Columbia
Secondary: Columbia Queen-Bonanza
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Aura
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: The Stokes Co.
Years: 1875 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1875
Discovery Year: 1875
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: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: N-S Faults (Three), Displace Lode To The North
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Comments
Comment (Production): ORE ALSO CONTAINED SOME ZINC.
Comment (Development): MINE WAS OPERATED BY STOKES CO. IN 1875
Comment (Deposit): REPLACEMENT VEIN; FISSURES & SHEARS
Comment (Geology): SOUTHERNMOST LODE IN FAULT CONTACT W/ GRANODIORITE
Comment (Deposit): MINE WAS OPERATED IN 1875. LOCATED ON WEST SIDE OF COLUMBIA CREEK. OWNED BY THE STOKES CO. IN 1875. (EMMONS 1910) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): COULD POSSIBLY BE 1/2 FURTHER NW. IN ALDER GL
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R.M., (1976-56) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO NEV., USGS. OPEN-FILE REPORT
Reference (Deposit): GRANGER, A.E., ETAL (1957) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 54
Reference (Deposit): EMMONS, W.H., (1910) RECONNAISSANCE OF ELKO, LANDER & EUREKA CO. NEV, USGS BULL 408
Reference (Production): GRANGER, A.E., ET AL., (1957).
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.
