Mine detail: Gracie Mine

Previously called 'Jap and Fritz Claims and the New York Group New YorkElder Aulder CreekGold Hill and Sunday Claims. the New York Group Are Located NearThe Nead of the Main Fork of Elder CreekWhile the Gracie Group Claims Are Located To the North and WestNear the Head of the Middle Fork of Elder Creek. As the Story GoesA Horseman Riding Over the Range In Search of Cattle Was AttractedBy the Peculiar Color of A Piece of Rock That the Hoff of His HorseElder Creek Mine. the Entire Peoperty Consists of Two Groups OfClaims: the Gracie Group DeweyGlasgowGold CrownBostonConfidenceDislodged From What Is Now Known As the Gracie Vein -- Vadner1912.'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.6624, -117.09512

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Silver, Gold
Secondary:	Iron
Ore:	Chalcocite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Malachite, Pyrite
Gangue:	Jarosite, Limonite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1917

Geology

Host rock:	Harmony Formation
Host type:	Sandstone

References

MRDS	M231268
DEP	10043958
Reference	{Deposit:: WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO., NEV.; NBMG BULL. 59}{Deposit:: ROBERTS, R. J., AND D. C. ARNOLD (1965) ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUAD. HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEV., U.S.G.S., PROF. PAPER 459-B.}{Deposit:: VADNER, C. S., 1912, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON GRACIE AND N.Y. GROUPS, ON FILE AT NEV. R. MINES}
Reporter	Flynn, Patricia Dodd, Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)