Mine detail: Jarbidge District

Previously called 'Success Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

41.8499, -115.41761

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Discovery year:	1909

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	FISSURE VEINS (NORMAL FAULTS)
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1910

Geology

Structure:	NORTH; NORTH-NORTH WEST TRENDING FISSURES CRATORS OF GLACIAL ORIGIN FOLDING, FAULTING, TILTING, N-S BLOCK FAULTING; ELONGATE E-W DOME OF RHYOLITIC LAVA FLOWS. PALEOZOIC ROCKS ARE HIGHLY FOLDED AND INTRUDED BY GRANITIC STOCKS AND DIKES.
Alteration processes:	HYDROTHERMAL, SILICIFICATION, OXIDATION

References

MRDS	W002899
DEP	60001655
Reference	{Deposit:: SCHRADER, F. C. 1912, RECONN. OF JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MOUNTAIN MINING-DISTRICTS, ELKO CO., NEV: USGS BULL. 497, 162P.}{Deposit:: KOSCHMANN, A H AND BERGENDAHL, M H, 1968: PRINCIPAL GOLD-PRODUCING DIST. OF THE U.S. : USGS PROF. PAPER 610 P. 176}{Deposit:: GRANGER, A E; BELL, M M, SIMMONS, G C, AND LEE, F, 1957, GEOL AND MIN RESOURCES OF ELKO CO., NEV.: NEV. BUR OF MINES BULL. P. 83-101}{Deposit:: LINCOLN, F C, 1923, MINING DIST AND MIN RESOURCES NEV: RENO, P. 48-50.}{Deposit:: SCHRADER, F C, 1923, JARBIDGE MINING DISTRICT: USGS BULL. 741}{Deposit:: ROBERTS, R.J., 1971, GOLD BEARING DEP NE NEV, ECON GEOL, VOL 66 NO 1 P. 14-33}