Jarbidge Gold Mining Co.

The Jarbidge Gold Mining Co. is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,599 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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Site Name

Primary: Jarbidge Gold Mining Co.
Secondary: Missmo Group
Secondary: Zephyr
Secondary: Reva
Secondary: Overlook
Secondary: Ethle
Secondary: Anna
Secondary: Mary T
Secondary: Keystone 1 & 2
Secondary: Alice
Secondary: Mary
Secondary: Flipper
Secondary: Ida
Secondary: Ora
Secondary: Claims.

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Jarbidge District

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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: L'Dt.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
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

Type: R
Description: Crater Range

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Deposit): CROSSCUT TUNNEL DRIVEN IN 1910 BY E. FLETCHER & OTHERS OF BOISE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Development): CROSSCUT TUNNEL DRIVEN IN 1910 BY E. FLETCHER & OTHERS OF BOISE

Comment (Workings): TUNNEL

References

Reference (Deposit): FAIRBANK AND O'BYRNE, J.F.(1911) JARBIDGE MINING DISTRICT MAP.

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., (1912) A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT AND ELK MOUNTAIN DISTRICTS, ELKO COUNTY, NEV; U.S.G.S. BULL. 497.

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.