The Rip Van Winkle is a lead, zinc, gold, silver, and copper mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
About the MRDS Data:
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:
Commodity: Lead, Zinc, Gold, Silver, Copper
Lat, Long: 41.12056, -115.99944
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Rip Van Winkle MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rip Van Winkle
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Merrimac
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1918
Discovery Year: 1918
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: TABULAR, BEDDED
Structure
Type: L
Description: East-Dipping Fault System, & N. Striking Rev. Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Silurian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: TOTAL PRODUCTION AVERAGED $19 TON (SMITH)
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Development): MAJOR PRODUCER IN THE DISTRICT FROM 1918 TO 1954.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN DEPOSITS ARE LOCALIZED ALONG A SEGMENT OF A NORTH-STRIKING REVERSE FAULT THAT DIPS STEEPLY WEST. THE VEINS ARE ALSO BOUNDED BY STEEP EAST-DIPPING MINERALIZED NORMAL FAULTS. BRANCH VEINS & BEDDED REPLACEMENT BODIES NEAR VEINS WERE ALSO MINED.
Comment (Workings): 1000 FEET OF SHAFTS AND 3500 FEET OF DRIFTS & CROSSCUTS
Comment (Geology): VEIN DEPOSITS ARE LOCALIZED ALONG A SEGMENT OF A NORTH-STRIKING REVERSE FAULT THAT DIPS STEEPLY WEST. THE VEINS ARE ALSO BOUNDED BY STEEP EAST DIPPING MINERALIZED NORMAL FAULTS. BRANCH VEINS, AND BEDDED REPLACEMENT BODIER NEAR VEINS WERE ALSO MINED. MOST OF THE MINED ORE CONSISTS OF THE OXIDATION PRODUCTS OF THE SULFIDES.
Comment (Deposit): MAJOR PRODUCER IN DISTRICT FROM 1918-1954 THE MINE IS DEVELOPED BY APPROX 1000 FT. OF SHAFTS AND 3,500 FT. OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Production): MOST OF MINED ORE WAS OXIDATION PRODUCTS OF SULPHIDES, AND INCLUDED SILVER & COPPER ORE AVERAGED $19/TON.
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH R.M. (1976-56) MINERAL RES. OF ELKO CO. NEV., USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT
Reference (Deposit): GRANGER A.E., ETAL (1957) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV, NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL 54
Reference (Production): SMITH, R.M., (1976), P.112.
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.
