The Navajo is a silver mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Navajo MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Navajo
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Tuscarora
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1890
Discovery Year: 1890
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Northwest-Striking Faults Conjugate To A Set Of East-Striking Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Early Propylitic, And Inner Potassic Halos
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVE PRODUCTION VALUE WAS $107/TON (NOLAN)
Materials
Ore: Stephanite
Ore: Proustite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrargyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Development): TYPICAL BONANZA-TYPE EPITHERMAL VEIN DEPOSIT FOR WHICH MOST PRODUCTION OCCURRED PRIOR TO 1890.
Comment (Geology): THE RICH SILVER DEPOSITS WERE LARGELY THE RESULT OF SUPERGENE ENRICHMENT MINERALOGY TYPICAL OF THIS ZONE INCLUDES NATIVE SILVER, HORN SILVER, ARGENTITE, STEPHANITE, PROUSTITE, PYRARGYRITE, PYRITE, SPHALERITE, CHALCOPYRITE, AND GALENA.
Comment (Deposit): TYPICAL BONANZA TYPE EPITHERMAL VEIN DEPOSIT. MOST OF THE PRODUCTION OCCURRED PRIOR TO 1890, AND THE MAXIMUM DEPTH OF THE WORKINGS WAS 650 FT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Production): ORE AVERAGED $107/TON, PRIOR TO 1890'S.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN CARRYING NATIVE SILVER, HORN SILVER & SILVER SULPHIDES, MAINLY THE RESULT OF SUPERGENE ENRICHMENT
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH R. M. (1976-56) MINERAL RES. OF ELKO CO. NEV., USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN T. B. (1936) TUSCARORA MINING DISTRICT ELKO, CO. NEV., NEV. BUR OF MINES BULL 25
Reference (Production): NOLAN, T. B., (1936)
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.
