Red Elehpant Incline

The Red Elehpant Incline is a gold, silver, and copper mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,179 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: Red Elehpant Incline  

State:  Nevada

County:  Elko

Elevation: 8,179 Feet (2,493 Meters)

Commodity: Gold, Silver, Copper

Lat, Long: 41.90806, -115.07583

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Red Elehpant Incline MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Red Elehpant Incline


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper


Location

State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Elk Mountain


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: Surface


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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

Model Name: Skarn Cu


Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Garnet


Comments

Comment (Deposit): AN INCLINED SHAFT FOLLOWS THE CONTACT BETWEEN GRANODIORITE AND LIMESTONE FOR 155 FEET. SCHRADER, P. 156, MENTIONS THAT THERE SEEMS TO BE A 14 1/2-FOOT BED OF ORE PRESENT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Deposit): INTRUSIVE CONTACT SHOWS COPPER OXIDES AND SULFIDES

Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT


References

Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F. C., 1912, A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE JARBRIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA; U.S.G.S. BULL. 427, P. 151-157

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R. M., 1976, MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA, U.S.G.S. OPEN FILE REPT. 76-56

Reference (Deposit): MATHIAS, D. E., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN ELK MTS., ELKO CO., NEVADA; U. OF ORE. M.S. THESIS


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.