Altitude Mine

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

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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.