The Clipper Alder is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Clipper Alder MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Clipper Alder
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Alder
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1912
Discovery Year: 1909
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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
Type: L
Description: Limestone-Intrusive Contact
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Location): 6 MILES NORTH OF GOLD CREEK 4 MILES NORTH OF CORNWALL BASIN
Comment (Production): GRADE RANGED FROM $80-$600/TON BASED ON 1912 ASSAYS
Comment (Development): 6 CLAIMS.
Comment (Deposit): FISSURE VEIN ALONG CONTACT
Comment (Workings): SHAFT, ADIT
Comment (Deposit): LODE MINING TOOK PLACE FROM 1916-1939. THIS PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 6 CLAIMS FIRST LOCATED IN 1909. DEVELOPMENT CONSISTED OF A 60' SHAFT, AND ONE 40' DRIFT IN 1912. GRADES RANGED FROM $80 TO $600 PER TON BASED UPON 1912 ASSAYS. THE PROPERTY COVERED THREE QUARTZ VEINS ALONG THE INTRUSIVE-LIMESTONE CONTACT. THE VEINS ARE SMALL (1' OR LESS WIDE) BUT VERY CONTINUOUS ALONG STRIKE & DIP.
References
Reference (Deposit): BUSHNELL KENT, (1967) GEOLOGY OF THE ROWLAND QUAD, ELKO CO. NEV, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL #67
Reference (Production): BUSHNELL, KENT, (1967)
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R.M., MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA. USGS OPEN FILE REPORT 1976-56
Reference (Deposit): SAFFORD J.L., REPORT ON THE CLIPPER GOLD-SILVER GROUP, NEV. BUR. OF MINES DISTRICT FILES.
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.
