The Pavlak Lease is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,450 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,450 Feet (1,966 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.85139, -115.42556
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Pavlak Lease MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pavlak Lease
Secondary: Pavlak-Thorout Lease
Secondary: Taft & Arizona No. 1 Claims
Secondary: On Pavlak-Jarbidge Mining Co. Land.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Jarbidge District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Jarbidge-Pavlak G. M. Co.
Years: 1910 -
Owner Name: Pavlak-Jarbidge Mining Co
Years: 1910 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1910
Discovery Year: 1910
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Kaolinization, Chloritization Epidotization; Pyritization.
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: UP TO SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS PER TON IN 1910.
Materials
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Marcasite
Comments
Comment (Production): UP TO SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS PER TON (IN 1910).
Comment (Deposit): OPERATED IN 1910 BY THE PAVLAK-JARBIDGE CO., DEVELOPMENT AT THAT TIME CONSISTED OF THE PAVLAK TUNNEL, DRIVEN N75 DEG E FOR 700 FT., CROSSCUTTING THE PAVLAK VEIN AT A DEPTH OF 600 FT, WHERE THE VEIN IS 2 TO 8 FT. WIDE. ALSO, THE PAVLAK SHAFT, 40 FT. DEEP, WHERE THE VEIN IS 10-12 FEET WIDE WITH GOOD ORE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Geology): VEINS
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., 1912, A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK/MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA: U.S.G. BULL. 497
Reference (Production): SCHRADER, F.C. (1912)
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.
