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Humboldt King Mine

Prospect in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Cobalt, Copper, Nickel, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10270949
MAS/MILS ID 0320130238
Record type Site
Current site name Humboldt King Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.5307, 41.31048 (WGS84)
Elevation 1575
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hobo Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jackson Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower 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 040 N 031 E 29 W3B]*[ Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary
Silver Primary

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lou F. Bradbury And Almo Irene Bradbury
    Home office California
    Year 1953

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 10-87, 1987, P. 43-55.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 3 UNPATENTED LOCATION CLAIMS THE PRIMARY SULFIDE MINERALS ARE CHALCOPYRITE, PYRRHOTITE, AND COUELLITE. ERYTRITE OCCURS IN FRACTURES IN AND NEAR QUARTZ VEINLETS AND ALSO AS POST-MINE DRUSES AND CRUSTS. COPPER OCCURS IN CHALCOPYRITE, MALACHITE, AND CHRYSOCOLLA IN QUARTZ VEINLETS AND ADJACENT METAMORPHIC ROCKS. THREE SAMPLES TAKEN AVERAGED 0.07 PERCENT COBALT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-SEP-1991 Hamilton U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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