Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeFISSURE VEINS (NORMAL FAULTS)
Deposit sizeL
Ore controlGOLD-BEARING FISSURES IN OLDER RHYOLITES
Geology
StructureNORTH; 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.
AlterationHYDROTHERMAL, SILICIFICATION, OXIDATION
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1910
Discovery year1909
Identification
Deposit ID60001655
MRDS IDW002899
Alternate namesSuccess Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates41.8499, -115.41761
References
SCHRADER, F. C. 1912, RECONN. OF JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MOUNTAIN MINING-DISTRICTS, ELKO CO., NEV: USGS BULL. 497, 162P.KOSCHMANN, A H AND BERGENDAHL, M H, 1968: PRINCIPAL GOLD-PRODUCING DIST. OF THE U.S. : USGS PROF. PAPER 610 P. 176GRANGER, 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. 83-101LINCOLN, F C, 1923, MINING DIST AND MIN RESOURCES NEV: RENO, P. 48-50.SCHRADER, F C, 1923, JARBIDGE MINING DISTRICT: USGS BULL. 741ROBERTS, R.J., 1971, GOLD BEARING DEP NE NEV, ECON GEOL, VOL 66 NO 1 P. 14-33