Pavlak Mine Jarbidge-Pavlak G.M.Co.Properties

Site Name

Primary: Pavlak Mine Jarbidge-Pavlak G.M.Co.Properties
Secondary: Includes Arizona 1,2,3,4 Claims
Secondary: Taft Cclaim, Amazon Claim,
Secondary: Rainbow Fractioncommonly Called the Arizona Group. It Includes The
Secondary: Pavlak Mine.

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Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver

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Location

State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Jarbidge District

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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.

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Holdings

Not available

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Workings

Type: Underground

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Ownership

Owner Name: Henry Mccormick
Years: 1920 -

Owner Name: Jarbidge-Pavlak Gold-Mining Co.

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Production

Not available

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1909
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

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Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section

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Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock

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Orebody

Form: TABULAR

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Structure

Type: R
Description: Faults

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Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Kaolinization, Silicificatin, Pyritization

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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

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Analytical Data

Not available

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Materials

Ore: Argentite
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Quartz

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Comments

Comment (Deposit): LOCATED BY MICHAEL PAVLAK AND MR.TRURO IN 1909. OWNED IN 1910 BY THE JARBIDGE-PAVLAK G.M. CO., AND OPERATED BY LESSEES. 7 CLAIMS EXTEND FOR ABOUT 6000 FEET, MAINLY ALONG THE PAVLAK VEIN WHICH IS UP TO 60 FT. WIDE. IN 1910-1911, MESSRS. BROWN OF SALT LAKE CITY PURCHASED THE PAVLAK MINE AND ERECTED A MILL IN 1911 WHICH RAN INTERMITTENTLY FOR 4 MONTHS, CLOSING IN 1912. DEVELOPMENT BY 1920 CONSISTED OF ABOUT 2000 FEET OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS (DRIFTS, TUNNELS, STOPES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Production): 3000 TONS ORE PRODUCED ONLY $10,000. DUE TO POOR RECOVERY

Comment (Development): MILL ERECTED IN 1911, AND RAN INTERMITTENTLY FOR 4 MONTHS WITH POOR RECOVERY.

Comment (Deposit): PAVLAK VEIN IN BRECCIATED FAULT ZONE

Comment (Workings): DRIFTS, TUNNELS, STOPES. THE PAVLAK TUNNEL, DRIVEN IN 1910, AT N75E FOR 700 FT., CROSSCUT THE PAVLAK VEIN AT A DEPTH OF 600 FT., WHERE THE VEIN IS 2-8 FT. WIDE THE PAVLAK SHAFT WAS (AT LEAST) WHERE THE VEIN WAS 10-12 FT. DEEP IN GOOD ORE.

Comment (Geology): 4 OR MORE VEINS ON THE PROPERTY, THE MOST IMPORTANT OF WHICH ARE THE PAVLAK AND TAFT VEINS. FREE GOLD IS COMMONLY IN NODULES OR RENIFORM LUMPS FORMED BY CONCRETIONARY GROWTHS OF GANGUE, USUALLY AROUND AN ENCLOSED FRAGMENT OF RHYOLITE. IN CONCRETIONARY ORE, GOLD USUALLY OCCURS ALONG DARK LINES OF BANDING.

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References

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C.,(1912),A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO COUNTY, NEV: U.S.G.S. BULL 497.

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C.,(1923), THE JARBIDGE MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA; U.S.G.S. OPEN FILE REPT. 1976-56.

Reference (Deposit): FAIRBANK AND O'BYRNE, J.F.,(1911) JARBIDGE MINING DISTRICT MAP.

Reference (Production): SCHRADER, F.C.,(1923)

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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.