Cherry Gulch Mine

Occurrence in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Tungsten, Molybdenum
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044994
MRDS ID M232646
Record type Site
Current site name Cherry Gulch Mine
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 2978

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.69434, 41.81293 (WGS84)
Elevation 1516
Relative position 14 MILES BY ROAD SOUTH OF DENIO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vicksburg Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denio(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Thousand-Virgin(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 045N 029E 01 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN CHERRY GULCH; 1 MILE S. OF ASHDOWN MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

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 > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.69434, 41.81293

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZ VEINS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Warm Springs District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Wayne Wagner
    First year 1984

Comments on the workings information

  • AT LEAST 6 ADITS WITH SIZEABLE DUMPS.

Comments on development

  • PROBABLY SMALL PRODUCTION IN LATE 1800'S. NO ACTIVITY WHEN EXAMINED IN 1984.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG, BULL. 59.

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 1 OCT 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NORTHERN WORKINGS ARE ON NE-TRENDING VEINS. BRECCIATION AND IRON-STAINING ARE COMMON WHILE SOME OF THE SOUTHERN VEINS ARE MORE GOSSANY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1981 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAY-1987 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.