Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Silver, Gold
SecondaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model180: Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlFaults, Brecciated Zones
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Malachite, Pyrite
GangueJarosite, Limonite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Harmony Formation
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1917
Identification
Deposit ID10043958
MRDS IDM231268
Alternate namesJap and Fritz Claims and the New York Group New York, Elder Aulder Creek, Gold Hill and Sunday Claims. the New York Group Are Located Near, The Nead of the Main Fork of Elder Creek, While the Gracie Group Claims Are Located To the North and West, Near the Head of the Middle Fork of Elder Creek. As the Story Goes, A Horseman Riding Over the Range In Search of Cattle Was Attracted, By the Peculiar Color of A Piece of Rock That the Hoff of His Horse, Dislodged From What Is Now Known As the Gracie Vein -- Vadner, 1912., Elder Creek Mine. the Entire Peoperty Consists of Two Groups Of, Claims: the Gracie Group Dewey, Glasgow, Gold CrownGracie, Boston, ConfidenceGold Hill
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.6624, -117.09512
References
WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO., NEV.; NBMG BULL. 59ROBERTS, 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 PAPER 459-B.VADNER, C. S., 1912, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON GRACIE AND N.Y. GROUPS, ON FILE AT NEV. R. MINES