The 4-M Lease is a gold and silver mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,401 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,401 Feet (1,951 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 41.85528, -115.42667
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4-M Lease MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: 4-M Lease
Secondary: On Arizona No.1 Claim
Secondary: Later Part of Jarbidge Pavlak G.M. Co. Holdings.Probablythe Pavlak
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: Moffit, Mccarty, Morris And Son
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
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR, POCKETS, STREAKS, BUNCHES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
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
Analytical Data: SOME ASSAYS TO $800/TON IN 1910
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Production): HIGH GRADE ORE ASSAYED UP TO $18,036/TON IN 1910 OF WHICH 36OZ/T WAS AG AND THE REST GOLD.
Comment (Workings): DRIFT
Comment (Deposit): LEASE HELD AND OPERATED IN 1910 BY MOFFIT, MCCARTY, MORRIS & SON. AT THAT TIME, THERE WAS A 70-FT DRIFT ON THE PAULAK VEIN, UP TO 3 FEET WIDE WITH A HIGH-GRADE ORE SHOOT NEARLY 200 FEET LONG, CONTAINING STREAKS, BUNCHES AND POCKETS OF ORE ASSAYING UP TO $18,036/TON (1910) OF WHICH 36 OZ. WAS SILVER AND THE REST GOLD. WINZE SUNK TO 50-FT. LEVEL WITH DRIFTS TO N.&S. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C.(1912),A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE JARBIDGE,CONTACT, AND ELK MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO COUNTY NEVADA; U.S.G.S. BULL. 497
Reference (Production): SCHRADER, F.C.,(1912)
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.
