The Infidel is a silver and lead mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Infidel MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Infidel
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Aura
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: 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
Discovery Method: Unknown
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
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
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: Galena
Comments
Comment (Deposit): WORKED FROM THREE TUNNELS DRIVEN NORTH INTO HILL. VEIN LIES PARALLEL TO BEDDING. LOCATED ON HILL ABOVE COLUMBIA. THE MINE WAS OWNED BY THE STOKES CO. IN 1875
Comment (Deposit): REPLACEMENT VEIN & FISSURES, SHEAR ZONES
Comment (Workings): 3 TUNNELS
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IS ACTUALLY A SHEETED ZONE OF FOUR SUBPARALLEL VEINLETS, THE ORE VEINS ARE COMPOSED OF WHITE QUARTZ
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH R.M., (1976-56) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV., USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT
Reference (Deposit): GRANGER A.E.(1956) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO NEV., BUREAU OF MINES BULL 54
Reference (Deposit): DECKER R.W. (1962) GEOLOGY OF THE BULL RUBER QUD, ELKO, CO NEV., NEV BUR OF MINES 60
Reference (Production): GRANGER, A.E. ET AL., (1956).
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.
