Elkoro Mines Co.

The Elkoro Mines Co. is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Elkoro Mines Co.  

State:  Nevada

County:  Elko

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 41.86611, -115.42778

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Elkoro Mines Co. MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Elkoro Mines Co.
Secondary: Starlight
Secondary: Long Mike
Secondary: North Stsar
Secondary: O.K. Mines


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: 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

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Workings

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Ownership

Owner Name: Elkoro Mines Co


Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1910
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: R
Description: Crater Range


Alterations

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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

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Development): ELKORO MINES CO., A SUBSIDIARY OF YUKON GOLD CO. WAS THE PRINCIPAL PRODUCER IN THE DISTRICT AFTER IT BOUGHT THE LONG HIKE, NORTH STAR(BOURING), STARLIGHT AND OKMINES; MINING AND MILLING FROM ABOUT 1916 TO AT LEAST 1957.

Comment (Deposit): ELK ORO MINES CO., A SUBSIDIARY OF YUKON GOLD CO. WAS THE PRINCIPAL OPERATOR IN THE DISTRICT, AND OPERATED THE LONG HIKE, NORTH STAR, STSARLIGHT AND OK. MINES FROM ABOUT 1916 TO AT LEAST 1957. MOST OF THE DISTRICT'S PRODUCTION HAS COME FROMTHIS COMPANY'S OPERATIONS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT


References

Reference (Production): GRANGER, M.B.(1957)

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R.M.(1969) MINL. RES. OF ELKO CO., NV., USGS OPEN FILE 1976-56.

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C.(1923) JARBIDGE MINING DISTRICT, NV: USGS BULL. 741.

Reference (Deposit): GRANGER, M.B.(1957) GEOL. MINL. RES. OF ELKO CO. NV., NBM BULL.54.


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.