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Havalau Gulch Mine

Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044950
MRDS ID M232594
Record type Site
Current site name Havalau Gulch Mine
Alternate or previous names Havalau Mine, Havilah Mine, NBMG Sample Site 2387

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.96404, 41.26822 (WGS84)
Elevation 1487
Relative position 30 MILES NW OF WINNEMUCCA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Awakening Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Osgood Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 039N 036E 08 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 3.5 MILES S60W OF DAVEYTOWN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2387 TAKEN FROM VEINS IN SOME OF THE PROSPECTS.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.96404, 41.26822
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mod. Regional Deformation; Fold Axes Trend N-S.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.COM: THIS DEPOSIT CONTAINS MORE SILVER THAN THE NEARBY ALABAMA AND MAYDAY MINES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Awakening District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • DISTRICT PRODUCED 280,000 TONS ORE

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS, SHAFTS, CROSSCUT, PROPOSED OPEN PIT

Comments on development

  • ADITS AND SHAFTS ON THE PROPERTY DATE FROM AN EARLIER PERIOD, BUT NEW OWNERS ARE CURRENTLY WORKING THE PROPERTY, A-ND ACCORDING TO DALLAS CHURCH, THE AREA IS SOON TO BE OPEN-PIT-TED (1985)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALKINS, F.C., 1938, GOLD DEPOSITS OF SLUMBERING HILLS,NEV., U. OF NEV. BUL., VOL 32, NO. 3

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOL. AND MIN. DEPS. OF HUMBOLDT CO., NV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 59.

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 1985, FIELD EXAMINATION, 6-11-85

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-AUG-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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