The Flaxie Mine is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,999 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,999 Feet (2,743 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.86722, -115.40472
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Flaxie Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Flaxie Mine
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
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1910
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
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Crater Range
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: $50 ORE IN 1912
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): IN STARLAIGHT HILL IN THE UPPER NORTH SIDE OF BOURNE GULCH OPPOSITE THE ALPHA MINE.
Comment (Production): $50/TON ORE IN 1912
Comment (Geology): 4FT. WIDE VEIN.
Comment (Deposit): WEST VEIN SYSTEM. VEIN DIPS TO SW IN OLD RHYOLITE. RHYOLITE IS CONSIDERABLY BROKEN ESPECIALLY ON THE HANGING-WALL SIDE. FAULTED AT SEVERAL PLACES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C.(1923)JARBIDGE MINING DISTRICT,NV., USGS BULL.741
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R.M.(1969) MINERAL RES. OF ELKO CO., NEV, USGS OFR 1976-56.
Reference (Deposit): SAFFORD,J.L.,1912 NBMG REPORT FILE (63)ITEM 4.
Reference (Production): SCHRADER (1923)
Reference (Deposit): (1912)A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO CO., NV.: USGS BULL.497
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.
