Mine detail: Pick and Shovel Mine

Previously called 'Escalon MinePick, Shovel ClaimsShovel Frxn.'

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Location

Lat / long: 41.83879, -115.41424

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Gangue: Hematite, Sericite
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1909

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1910

Geology

Host rock:Jarbidge Rhyolite
Host type:Rhyolite
Associated rock:Jarbidge Rhyolite
Associated type:Rhyolite
Structure:Crater Range, Normal Faults
Alteration processes:Silicificatio

References

MRDSM232199
DEP10044651
Reference{Deposit:: SCHRADER, F.C. (1923) JARBIDGE MINING DISTRICT, NV., USGS BULL 741}{Deposit:: (1912) A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MTN. MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO CO., NV.: USGS BULL. 497}{Deposit:: GRANGER, M.B. (1957) GEOL. & MINL. RES. OF ELKO CO., NV.: NBM BULL.54}{Deposit:: CARPER, A.F., 1920, REPORT ON BLUSTER, SUCCESS, AND PICK AND SHOVEL PROPERTIES, JARBRIDGE, ELKO CO., NEV: 63 ITEM 2 IN NBMB FILES.}{Production:: SCHRADER, F.C., 1923.}
ReporterDepta, Mary J.