The Jarbidge Gold Mining Co. is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,599 feet.
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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
Elevation: 8,599 Feet (2,621 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.87222, -115.40694
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Jarbidge Gold Mining Co. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Jarbidge Gold Mining Co.
Secondary: Missmo Group
Secondary: Zephyr
Secondary: Reva
Secondary: Overlook
Secondary: Ethle
Secondary: Anna
Secondary: Mary T
Secondary: Keystone 1 & 2
Secondary: Alice
Secondary: Mary
Secondary: Flipper
Secondary: Ida
Secondary: Ora
Secondary: Claims.
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
Owner Name: L'Dt.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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
Not available
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
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): CROSSCUT TUNNEL DRIVEN IN 1910 BY E. FLETCHER & OTHERS OF BOISE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Development): CROSSCUT TUNNEL DRIVEN IN 1910 BY E. FLETCHER & OTHERS OF BOISE
Comment (Workings): TUNNEL
References
Reference (Deposit): FAIRBANK AND O'BYRNE, J.F.(1911) JARBIDGE MINING DISTRICT MAP.
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., (1912) A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT AND ELK MOUNTAIN DISTRICTS, ELKO COUNTY, NEV; U.S.G.S. 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.
