Historic! Mardis Patented Mining Claim - Remote - Surrounded by Government Lands

Remote

Surrounded by Government lands

• SIZE: 4.59+/- ac 
• APN#: 0PMS370A0
• LEGAL DESCRIPTION: The Mardis Patented Mining Claim, Island Mining District, Patented# 12937, Mineral Survey # 37A
• STATE: Nevada
• COUNTY: Elko
• GENERAL LOCATION:  1.25 miles NW of Cornwall Mountain. 9.75 miles NE of Wildhorse Lake. 9.2 miles NW of Charleston. 2 miles South of Tennessee Mountain, 14,25 miles SW of Jarbridge. T45N R56E sec 33
• GPS(approx.): SW: 41.752944 , -115.653518 ; SE: 41.752882 , -115.652812 ; NE: 41.755190 , -115.650804 ; NW: 41.755246 , -115.651529
• GENERAL ELEVATION: approx. 7660'-7770'
• GENERAL INFORMATION: Diamond Jim Mine Mardis Claim Surrounded by government BLM Lands Primary: Diamond Jim, Secondary: Mine Mardis Claim. See document section. West side of Rosebud Mountain.
• TYPE OF TERRAIN: rolling sloping
• ZONING: Mining
• POWER: no
• PHONE: no
• WATER: Must install well if you build
• SEWER: No. Only needed when/if you build.
• ROADS: unimproved dirt
• PROPERTY TAX: approx. $89 a year  
• CLOSING/DOC. FEES: $135  
• TIME LIMIT TO BUILD: none
• ASSOCIATION DUES: NONE
• TITLE INFORMATION: Free and clear 
• If/when more info becomes available we will update listing

Record Type: Site

Operation Category: Past Producer

Deposit Type: Vein

Operation Type: Unknown

Year First Production: 1954

Discovery Year: 1920

Years of Production:

Organization:

Significant: N

Deposit Size: S

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite

Role: Associated

Age Type: Associated Rock Unit

Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Quartz Monzonite

Role: Associated

Age Type: Associated Rock

Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Quartz Monzonite

Role: Associated

Age Type: Host Rock

Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Quartz Monzonite

Role: Associated

Age Type: Host Rock Unit

Age Young: Late Cambrian

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus

Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau

Physiographic Section: Payette Section

Comment (Deposit): VEIN, VAULT ZONE. ORE CONSISTS OF SILVER AND LEAD SULPHIDES IN A QUARTZ GANGUE WHICH OCCURS AS CAVITY FILLINGS AND MINOR REPLACEMENTS IN SMALL POCKETS, VEINS, STRINGERS AND LENSES, ALL SUBPARALLEL TO A FAULT

Commodity: Primary: Lead

secondary: Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc.

Comment (Workings): OPEN CUT; OPEN PIT

Comment (Development): THE PROPERTY WAS FIRST WORKED IN 1954 BY THE DIAMOND JIM MINING CO. OF SALT LAKE CITY. IT WAS LISTED IN 1980 AS AN ACTIVE OPEN PIT GOLD-SILVER MINE EMPLOYING 2 PERSONS

Comment (Geology): THE ORE CONSISTS OF SILVER & LEAD SULPHIDES IN A QUARTZ GANGUE WHICH OCCURS AS CAVITY FILLINGS AND MINOR REPLACEMENTS IN SMALL POCKETS, VEINS, STRINGERS, AND LENSES IN A ZONE 9 FT. THICK. THE VEIN IS SUBPARALLEL TO A FAULT BETWEEN PHYLLITE ALONG THE HANGING WALL, AND THE PROSPECT MTN. QUARTZITE WHICH FORMS THE FOOTWALL.

Comment (Deposit): WORK ON THE PROPERTY BEGAN IN 1954 BY THE DIAMOND JIM MINING CO. OF SALT LAKE CITY. AN OPEN CUT WAS MADE ALONG A FAULT W/ORE BEING INTERSECTED AT ABOUT 75 FT. A SKETCH MAP OF THE AREA WAS DONE BY W. W. CHARLES IN 1920 AND IS ON FILE IN THE MINING DISTRICT FILES, N. B. OF M. LISTED AS AN ACTIVE OPEN PIT MINE EMPLOYING 2 PERSONS IN 1980. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

Reference (Deposit): SMIT H, (1976) MINERAL RES. OF ELKO CO. NV., USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT

Reference (Deposit): BUSHNELL (1967) GEOLOGY OF THE ROWLAND QUAD. NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 67

Reference (Deposit): CHARLES (W. W.) 1920, NOTES ON FIELD INVESTIGATION OF MARDIS ELKO PROPERTY, N. B. OF M. MINING DIST. FILES

Reference (Deposit): STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, (1981) DIRECTORY OF MINING OPERATIONS ACTIVE IN NEVADA IN 1980

FINANCING INFO and PURCHASE INFO

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