St. Elmo Mine

The St. Elmo Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Elko county, Nevada.

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: St. Elmo Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Elko

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 41.73917, -115.63472

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St. Elmo Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: St. Elmo Mine
Secondary: Gold Standard2


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver


Location

State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Island Mountain


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: St. Elmo Gold And Silver Inc.
Home Office: P. O. Box 78, Mountain City, Nv. 89831


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1947
Discovery Year: 1940
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

Not available


Rocks

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

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Comments

Comment (Deposit): THE MINE WAS OPENED IN THE LATE 1940'S. EXTENSIVE SHAFTS AND TUNNELS WERE DRIVEN ALONG QUARTZ VEINS. THE OPERATION WAS ABANDONED IN 1950. NEVADA STATE MINE INSPECTOR LIST OF ACTIVE MINES FOR 1976 SHOWED OPERATION AT GOLD STANDARD2, PROBABLY SAME PROP ERTY. LISTED IN 1980 AS AN ACTIVE UNDERGROUND MINE EMPLOYING 4 PERSONS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Development): MINE WAS OPENED IN THE LATE 1940'S, AND WAS ABANDONED IN 1950. IT WAS ACTIVE AT LEAST FROM 1976 TO PRESENT, EMPLOYING 4 PERSONS IN UNDERGROUND OPERATIONS

Comment (Deposit): VEINS.

Comment (Workings): EXTENSIVE SHAFTS & TUNNELS WERE DRIVEN ALONG QUARTZ VEINS.


References

Reference (Deposit): COASCH, J. R. (1967) GEOLOGY OF THE MT. VELMA QUAD. NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 68

Reference (Deposit): STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES (1981) DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINING OPERATIONS ACTIVE IN 1980.

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


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.