Pick and Shovel Mine

The Pick and Shovel Mine is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,749 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Pick and Shovel Mine
Secondary: Escalon Mine
Secondary: Pick, Shovel Claims
Secondary: Shovel Frxn.

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Jarbidge

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: John Escalon, John Mcrae And Dr. T. O. Boyd
Home Office: Twin Falls, Idaho
Years: 1920 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1910
Discovery Year: 1909
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

Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Crater Range

Type: L
Description: Normal Faults

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicificatio

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

Not available

Materials

Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Hematite

Comments

Comment (Production): FEW HUNDRED TONS ORE PRODUCED BY 1920

Comment (Workings): 6 TUNNELS, 4 SHAFTS, DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS

Comment (Deposit): THIS MINE PLUS NEIGHBORING BLUSTER & SUCCESS FORM THE BONANZA BY JOHN ESCALON IN 1909. VEIN IS 5-20 FEET WIDE. DIP IS EASTWARD OR VERTICAL. CONSISTS OF THE PICK, SHOVEL, AND SHOVEL FRACTION CLAIMS (PATENTED CLAIMS). DEVELOPED IN 1920 BY 6 TUNNELS AND 4 SHAFTS (OVER 1475 FT. OF DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS, TUNNELS.) ALSO A WINZE & SMALL STOPE, OWNED IN 1920 BY JOHN ESCALON, JOHN MCRAE AND DR. T.O. BOYD, OF TWIN FALLS IDAHO ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Geology): 2 PARALLEL VEINS; ORE CHUTES ARE UP TO 80 FT. LONG.

References

Reference (Deposit): CARPER, A.F., 1920, REPORT ON BLUSTER, SUCCESS, AND PICK AND SHOVEL PROPERTIES, JARBRIDGE, ELKO CO., NEV: 63 ITEM 2 IN NBMB FILES.

Reference (Production): SCHRADER, F.C., 1923.

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C. (1923) JARBIDGE MINING DISTRICT, NV., USGS BULL 741

Reference (Deposit): (1912) A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MTN. MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO CO., NV.: USGS BULL. 497

Reference (Deposit): GRANGER, M.B. (1957) GEOL. & MINL. RES. OF ELKO CO., NV.: NBM BULL.54

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.