The Mahogany Mine is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,699 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,699 Feet (2,042 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.87722, -115.43694
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Mahogany Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mahogany Mine
Secondary: Tacoma Group
Secondary: Blake Group Golden Eagle
Secondary: Golden Queen Claims and Fractions.
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Jarbidge-Tacoma Mining Co
Owner Name: Jarbidge-Tacoma Mining Co.
Years: 1910 -
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
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: ORE BETTER THAN $3.5//TON (1910)
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): 1910 ORE RAN BETTER THAN $3.50/TON
Comment (Workings): SHAFT
Comment (Geology): RHYOLITE ALSO CONTAINS BLACK OBSIDIAN AND YOUNGER DIKES DEPOSITS ARE IN A COMPOUND FAULT ZONE SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET WIDE, OUTCROPPING FOR A LENGTH OF OVER 600FT
Comment (Deposit): COMPRISING THE GOLDEN EAGLE, GOLDEN QUEEN MINERALIZED ZONE CONTAINS 2 BELTS OF WHITE OUTCROPS REPRESENTIN A SUBZONE OF MOVEMENT, DEPOSITION, & SILICIFICATION. MAY REPRESENT THE NW EXTENSION OF THE PAVLAK. OUTCROPS ARE QUARTZ AND SILICIFIED WHITE RHYOLITE. OUTCROPS DIP STEEPLY TO WEST. OPENED IN 1910 BY A 50-FT SHAFT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R.M., MINL. RESOURCES OF ELKO CO., NV., USGS OPEN FILE 1976-56
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C.(1912)A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MTN. MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO CO., NV., USGS 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.
