The Tenderfoot is a copper mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Tenderfoot MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tenderfoot
Secondary: Part of Mizpah Consolidated Properties
Secondary: Butte Group
Secondary: Buena Vista Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Bismuth
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Dolly Varden (Mizpah)
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1916
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Bismuth
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): 1 MILE E OF MIZPAH SPRING, BASED ON SNOW (PLATE 1)
Comment (Deposit): VEIN; FRACTURES
Comment (Workings): 120-FT. INCLINE (WATER LEVEL AT 100FT.)
Comment (Geology): SMOKEY QUARTZ
Comment (Deposit): THE TENDERFOOT SHAFT IS ON SUMMIT OF THE RIDGE AT THE N.END OF THE DOLLY VARDEN MTS. IN THE OLD MIZPAH DISTRICT AREA. IT IS AN 120' INCLINE, AND WATER LEVEL WASAT 100'. THE VEIN IS NARROW, AND FROZEN TO SERICITIZED PYRITE-IMPREGNATED QUARTZMONZONITE WALLS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): HILL, JAMES M, (1916) NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, USGS BULL 648.
Reference (Deposit): SNOW, G.G., 1963, MINERALOGY AND GEOLOGY OF THE DOLLY VARDEN MOUNTAINS, ELKO CO., NV, UNPUBLISHED PH. D. THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
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.
