Austeon

The Austeon is a gold and copper mine located in Elko county, Nevada.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Austeon

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper

Location

State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Elk Mountain

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: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): IRON-STAINED QUARTZITE; GOLD PROSPECT, COPPER PROSPECT. VEIN SAID TO CARRY 3% CU AND $7./TON IN AU (1910)

Comment (Workings): OLD DISCOVERY PIT, 2 ADITS

Comment (Geology): THE GRANODIORITE IS EVIDENTLY ALTERED BUT THE ONLY REFERENCE TO THE TYPE OF ALTERATION DESCRIBES A DENSE GRANODIORITE BEARING DISSEMINATED PYRITE, CALCITE AND GREEN (CHLORITIZED?) HORNBLENDE. SERICITIZATION OF THE FELDSPARS HAS ALSO OCCURRED.

Comment (Deposit): TWO ADITS MAKE UP THE MAIN WORKINGS. ONE A 130 FOOT ADIT IS 200 FEET VERTICALLY ABOVE THE SECOND ADIT WHICH IS 200 FEET LONG. THE ADITS INTERSECT A VEIN WHICH SUPPOSEDLY RUNS 3 PERCENT COPPER AND 7 DOLLARS GOLD PER TON (SCHRADER, P. 155.) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

Reference (Deposit): GRANGER, A. E., ET A., 1957, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEV. NBMG BULL. 54

Reference (Deposit): MATHAIS, D. E., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN ELK MTS, ELKO CO., NEVADA; U. OF ORE. M.S. THESIS

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F. C., 1912, A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE JARBRIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO COUNTY, NEV., U.S.G.S. BULL. 497, P. 151-157

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.