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Pick Handle Mine

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Lead
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044953
MRDS ID M232600
Record type Site
Current site name Pick Handle Mine
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 2388

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.00904, 41.22656 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 30 MILES NW OF WINNEMUCCA, 1500 M., 1500 M., 1500 M.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sombrero Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jackson Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vya(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 035E 23 NE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.00904, 41.22656
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Awakening District; Slumbering Hills; Amos District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • 280,000 TONS ORE FROM DISTRICT (TO 1963)

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS AND PROSPECTS ALONG STRIKE OF VEIN. LATERAL WORKINGS STOPED TO SURFACE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VERY LITTLE INFORMATION AVAILABLE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-80 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-85 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-94 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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