The Altitude Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 9,849 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,849 Feet (3,002 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 41.84361, -115.38417
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Altitude Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Altitude Mine
Secondary: Howard Mc-Coy Mine and Van Alder Mine 1912 Publication.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Jarbidge-Buhl Mining Co., Of Buhl, Idaho And Jarbidge, Nev.
Owner Name: Jarbidge-Buhl Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: 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
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Crater Range-Volcanic
Type: L
Description: Normal Faults Strike N-Nw
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Devitrification & Silicification
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Argentite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): OWNED & WORKED BY THE JARBIDGE-BUHL MINING CO.; 6 CLAIMS MINE OPENED BY 2000 FT. OF WORKINGS TO THE 500 FT LEVEL. OWNED IN 1910 BY WM. CONNORS, C.B. HOWARD AND J.A. MCCOY, WHO MAY HAVE BEEN THE ORIGINAL LOCATERS.
Comment (Deposit): 2 VEINS; THE ALTITUDE AND THE WINDY VEINS.
Comment (Workings): ADIT. CROSSCUTS, DRIFTS
Comment (Geology): TREND OF CRATER RANGE (N20W) IS SAME AS MARY ORE VEINS.
Comment (Deposit): MINE=ALTITUDE VEIN (FORMERLY HOWARD MC COY VEIN) AND WINDY VEIN (FORMERLY VAN ALDEN OR EAST VEIN). THE LARGE AMOUNT OF ADULARIA IN GANGUE INDICATES THE VEINS WERE FORMED AT FAIRLY HIGH TEMPERATURES AND AT DEPTHS OF PROBABLY LESS THAN 2,000 FEET. INCLUDES ALTITUDE 1 AND ALTITUDE 3 AND ANNEX. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., (1923) THE JARBIDGE MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA, USGS BULL. 741.
Reference (Deposit): GRANGER, M.B., (1957) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV., NBM BULL. 54.
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., (1912) A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICTS ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULLETIN 497.
Reference (Deposit): FAIRBANK AND O'BYRNE, J.F. (1911) JARBIDGE MINING DISTRICT MAP.
Reference (Production): GRANGER, M.B., 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.
