Mahogany Mine

The Mahogany Mine is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,699 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

Name: Mahogany Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Elko

Elevation: 6,699 Feet (2,042 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 41.87722, -115.43694

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Mahogany Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Mahogany Mine
Secondary: Tacoma Group
Secondary: Blake Group Golden Eagle
Secondary: Golden Queen Claims and Fractions.


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

Type: Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Jarbidge-Tacoma Mining Co

Owner Name: Jarbidge-Tacoma 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

Type: R
Description: Crater Range


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification


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

Analytical Data: ORE BETTER THAN $3.5//TON (1910)


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Production): 1910 ORE RAN BETTER THAN $3.50/TON

Comment (Workings): SHAFT

Comment (Geology): RHYOLITE ALSO CONTAINS BLACK OBSIDIAN AND YOUNGER DIKES DEPOSITS ARE IN A COMPOUND FAULT ZONE SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET WIDE, OUTCROPPING FOR A LENGTH OF OVER 600FT

Comment (Deposit): COMPRISING THE GOLDEN EAGLE, GOLDEN QUEEN MINERALIZED ZONE CONTAINS 2 BELTS OF WHITE OUTCROPS REPRESENTIN A SUBZONE OF MOVEMENT, DEPOSITION, & SILICIFICATION. MAY REPRESENT THE NW EXTENSION OF THE PAVLAK. OUTCROPS ARE QUARTZ AND SILICIFIED WHITE RHYOLITE. OUTCROPS DIP STEEPLY TO WEST. OPENED IN 1910 BY A 50-FT SHAFT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT


References

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R.M., MINL. RESOURCES OF ELKO CO., NV., USGS OPEN FILE 1976-56

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

Reference (Production): SCHRADER, F.C.,(1912)


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.