The Palo Alto Mine is a copper mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,850 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,850 Feet (1,783 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 41.78306, -114.78028
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Palo Alto Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Palo Alto Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Contact (48)
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Nevada Copper Co.
Years: 1968 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1894
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Snake River Plain
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: TABULAR, PINCH & SWELL
Structure
Type: L
Description: Granodiorite Stock With Assoc. Faults, Fractures
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcocite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): SHAFTS, DRIFTS, STOPES, ETC.
Comment (Geology): THE ORE BODIES ARE IN A SMALL FISSURE VEIN IN ONE OF THE GRANODIORITE TONGUES. QUARTZ VEINS (STRIKE N 60 E DIP 70 SE).
Comment (Deposit): MINE DISCOVERED IN 1894-95 (SCHRADER, 1912, P 120). IT IS WELL DEVELOPED BY SHAFTS, DRIFTS, STOPES, ETC. THE VEIN (MOSTLY PINCHED AND INTERRUPTED) IS AN EASTERN CONTINUATION OF THE MAIN VEIN OF THE NEVADA-BELLEVUE MINE THE VEIN ARERAGES 4 FEET IN WIDTH. THE MINE PRODUCED ABOUT 1700 TONS OF ORE. MOST OF THE 300 TONS PRODUCED PRIOR TO 1910 AVERAGED ABOUT 30 % COPPER, $3.00 IN GOLD, AND 8 OZ. SILVER TO THE TON. PRODUCTION IN 1914 AND 1928 RAN 5 % CA AND 3 OZ. SILVER TO THE TON. (SCHRADER, 1935, P 26) MINERAL SURVEY 3959 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Production): 1700 TONS ORE PRODUCED. MOST OF THE 300 TONS PRODUCED PRIOR TO 1910 AVERAGED ABOUT 30% CU, $3/T. AU, 8 OZ/TON AG. PRODUCTION IN 1914 AND 1928 RAN 5% CU AND 3 OZ/T. AG.
Comment (Development): PRODUCTION YEARS-PRE 1910, 1914 AND 1928.
Comment (Deposit): ORE BODIES IN SMALL FISSURE VEIN IN ONE OF THE GRANODIORITE TONGUES.
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R.M. (1976) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR 76-56, P 39-45
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C. (1912) A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MT. MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO CO, NEVADA, USGS BULL 497, P 99-150
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C. (1935) THE CONTACT MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BULL 847-A
Reference (Deposit): HOPE, R.A. & COATS, R.R. (1976) PRELIM. GEOLOGIC MAP OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR 76-779.
Reference (Production): SCHRADER, F.C. (1935)
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.
