Columbia

The Columbia is a silver, gold, and lead mine located in Elko county, Nevada.

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Mine Info

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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.