The High Ore Mine is a copper mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,801 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 41.71056, -114.72639
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High Ore Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: High Ore Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Contact (48)
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1875
Discovery Year: 1875
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
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Granodiorite Stock With Assoc. Faults, Fractures
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): ORE AVERAGES 16% CU, AND RUNS AS HIGH AS 40% CU. PRODUCTION WAS SMALL, LESS THAN $5000 WORTH, OCCURRING IN THE MID-1870'S AND IN 1915
Comment (Development): MINED IN THE MID-1870'S BY THE SAME PEOPLE WHO WORKED THE CHINAMAN MINE. 6 CLAIMS. SMALL PRODUCTION IN 1915.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN ALONG FISSURE IN DIKE
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: MID-1870'S
Comment (Deposit): THIS MINE IS LOCATED 1 MI. NE OF CHINA MT. AND THE CONTACT. IT WAS MINED IN THE MID-1870 S BY THE SAME PEOPLE WHO WORKED THE CHINAMAN MINE. PRACTICALLY ALL THE DIKES AND VEINS TREND NE-WARD, ROUGHLY PARALLEL TO THOSE IN THE ELLEN D. MT. AREA WEST OF THE SALMON R., AND SEEM TO BE PART OF THE SAME FISSURE SYSTEM. THE MINE IS LOCATED IN THE HIGH ORE GROUP, WHICH CONSISTS OF 6 CLAIMS. IT IS OPENED CHIEFLY BY A 65-FT. INCLINED SHAFT SUNK ON A VEIN WHICH DIPS 45 W., AND SEEMS TO BE CONTAINED IN A QUARTZ MONZONITE PORPHYRY DIKE SIMILAR TO THE CAMP BIRD PROSPECT. THE VEIN HAS A WIDTH OF AT LEAST A FOOT AND CONSISTS OF ABOUT 9 INCHES OF ORE WITH ONE OR TWO INCHES OF QUARTZ GANGUE ON EITHER SIDE. THE ORE AVERAGES 16% CU AND PEAKS AT ABOUT 40% CU. (SCHRADER, 1912, P 138), THE MINE HAD SMALL PRODUCTION IN 1915. (GRANGER, ET. AL., 1957, P 40.) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Workings): 65-FT INCLINED SHAFT
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C. (1935) THE CONTACT MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BUL. 847-A
Reference (Deposit): HOPE, R.A. & COATS, R.R. (1976) PRELIM. GEOLOGIC MAP OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR 76-779
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C. (1912) A RECONN. OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MT. MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO CO., NEVADA: USGS BUL 497.
Reference (Deposit): GRANGER, A.E., ET. AL. (1957) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 54.
Reference (Production): SMITH, R.M., (1976); SCHRADER, 1912 & 1935
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R.M. (1976) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO., NEV.: USGS OFR 76-56, P 39-45.
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.
