Later part of Jarbidge-Pavlak Gold Mining Co. property.

Deposit: Lease held and operated in 1910 by moffit, mccarty, morris & son. At that time, there was a 70-ft drift on the paulak vein, up to 3 feet wide with a high-grade ore shoot nearly 200 feet long, containing streaks, bunches and pockets of ore assaying up to $18,036/ton (1910) of which 36 oz. Was silver and the rest gold. Winze sunk to 50-ft. Level with drifts to n.&s. ; info.src : 1 pub lit

Rock formation(s): Jarbidge Rhyolite
Jarbidge Rylolite

Ore(s): Brecciated Zones

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Commodity List

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ⓘ Gold

ⓘ Silver

Mineral List

ⓘ Pyrite

1 valid mineral.

Rock Types Recorded

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ⓘ Rhyolite

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ⓘ Pyrite

Formula: FeS₂

References:

(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘ	Pyrite	2.EB.05a	FeS₂

List of minerals for each chemical element

S	Sulfur
S	ⓘ Pyrite	FeS₂
Fe	Iron
Fe	ⓘ Pyrite	FeS₂

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Link to USGS MRDS:	10045276

Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality

North AmericaContinent

North America PlateTectonic Plate

Antler Foreland BasinBasin
Copper–Bull Run–Elko–Indian Wells BasinBasin
Grouse Creek DomainDomain
Northern Basin and RangeWide Rift

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References

USGS Bull 497, (1912), Pp.68-69, Pl.11,12.

USGS Bull 741, (1923), Pl.16.

Nev. Div. Mine Inspection, (1991), Directory of Nevada Mine Operations Active During Calendar Year (1990), P. 28.

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