The Infidel Mine is a silver mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,801 feet.
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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: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 41.6828, -116.07080
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Infidel Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Infidel Mine
Secondary: Columbia-Infidel Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ORE FROM THIS AND SEVERAL OTHER NEARBY SILVER MINES WERE PROCESSED IN THE COLUMBIA MILL, BUILT IN 1870. SAMPLE IRS- 271 WAS FROM THIS SITE, WHICH BURNT IN 1875. THE MINERAL SURVEY PLOTS ABOUT 300 OR 400 FT. TOO FAR WEST. THE MAIN WORKINGS (A CAVED SHAFT) ARE THE MAIN INDICATOR THAT THERE MAY BE SOME LOCATIONAL PROBLEMS WITH RESPECT TO THE ACTUAL LOCATION OF THE WORKINGS.
References
Reference (Deposit): NO. 74; PLATE 3, NO. 31.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 17-92, 1992, PLATE 1,
Reference (Deposit): NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 54, 1957, P. 28.
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.
