Mine detail: Long Hike

Previously called 'Elkoro Mines Co.'

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Location

Lat / long:

41.87296, -115.41813

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver
Tertiary:	Selenium
Ore:	Naumannite
Gangue:	Fluorite, Halloysite, Sericite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1910

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1918

Geology

Host rock:	Jarbidge Rhyolite
Host type:	Rhyolite
Associated rock:	Jarbidge Rhyolite
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Crater Range
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	M232990
DEP	10045290
Reference	{Deposit:: SCHRADER, F.C. (1923) JARBIDGE MINING DISTRICT, NV., USGS BULL. 741}{Deposit:: GRANGER, M.B. (1957) GEOL & MINL. RES. OF ELKO CO., NV., NBM BULL 54.}{Deposit:: SCHRADER, F.C. (1912) A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO CO., NV., USGS BULL. 497}{Production:: GRANGER, M.B., (1957).}
Reporter	Depta, Mary J.