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Humboldt Mine

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047727
MRDS ID M272595
Record type Site
Current site name Humboldt Mine
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 2412

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.97876, 41.32432 (WGS84)
Elevation 1573
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 040N 036E 19 SE OF SW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2412 OF MILKY WHITE, FE-STAINED QUARTZ VEIN NATERIAL IN QUARTZOSE PHYLLITE CONTAINS 1.5 % FE, 0.05 % MG, 0.-7 % CA, 0.2 % TI, 300 PPM MN, 10 PPM AG, 3000 PPM AS, 50 PPM B-, 100 PPM BA, 15 PPM CR, 7 PPM CU, 7 PPM NI, 1500 PPM PB, 100 -PPM SR, 15 PPM V, 100 PPM ZR, AND AA ANALYSIS SHOWED 1.2 PPM A-U.

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 Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.97876, 41.32432
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Reg.Struct: Mod. Regional Deformation. Fold Axes Trend N-S.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Post-Ore Faulting Has Offset Main Vein

Ore body information

  • Strike NS
    Dip 90 TO 0

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Workings Follow A N20e, 80 Ne Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.COM: MAIN QUARTZ VEIN 4 FEET THICK, OFFSET BY FAULTING.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1937

Mining district

District name Awakening District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner San Mar Mining And Exploration Co;
    Home office P. O. Box 374, Winnemucca, Nevada 89445
    First year 1985

Comments on the production information

  • 279,441 TONS ORE FROM DISTRICT (TO 1963)

Comments on the workings information

  • VERTICAL SHAFT LOCKED UP; APPEARS TO BE LESS THAN 100 FT DEEP. SMALL STOPE COMES TO SURFACE ON NW SIDE OF SHAFT. S-TOPE IS ABOUT 4-5 FT WIDE, ABOUT 20 FT LONG AT SURFACE. ADIT T-0 SW OF SHAFT IS ABOUT 300 FT LONG; DOOR AT PORTAL WITH LOCK. -ALSO A SERIES OF SMALL PITS ABOVE SHAFT AND ADIT, TRENDING WSW- FROM SHAFT.

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1984 BUT SOMEONE HAD BEEN SURVEYING THE OLD WORKINGS RECENTLY. PROPERTY WAS -RESTAKED FEB 10, 1983 BY R. E. MARTIN, UNDER THE NAME OF SAN M-AR MINING AND EXPLORATION CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN, F. C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 59

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    JONES, R. B., 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION 8-14-84.

  • Production

    WILLDEN, R., 1964.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FE-STAINED MILKY WHITE QUARTZ VEINS IN METASEDIMENTS ONE MOSTLY A QUARTZ-RICH PHYLLITE. ALSO MINOR QUARTZ VEINLET -STOCKWORK PRESENT.
Deposit ONE CARLOAD OF ORE SHIPPED JUST PRIOR TO 1938 CONTAINED APPROX. 30 OZ. OF GOLD, FROM THIS MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

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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