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Getchell Sec 5 Pit

Plant in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Mercury, 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. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10173820
MRDS ID M030027
MAS/MILS ID 0320130014
Record type Site
Current site name Getchell Sec 5 Pit
Alternate or previous names Getchell Sec 5, Marshall Canyon, Section 5 Pit
Related records 10222786, 10149626

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -117.27316, 41.19519 (WGS84)
Elevation 2000
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Adam Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Osgood Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 038 N 042 E 05 NWSESW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Mercury Tertiary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -117.27316, 41.19519
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1938
Mining method Open Pit
Year of first production 1985
Plant type Leach
Milling method Autoclave-Carbon-In-Leach-Merrill-Crowe

Mining district

District name Potosi District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only
Type of mineral rights Other

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Firstmiss Gold Inc.
    Interest 100
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1995
    First year 1995

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOBBS (1948B) PHD DISSERTATION UNIV OF CALIF

  • Deposit

    CAVENDER (1963) PHD DISSERTATION UNIV OF CALIF

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY, BULL 59, 1964, TB19.

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF PAPER 431, 1964, P.112.

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF PAPER 610, 1968, P.182.

  • Deposit

    AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996, PP. 99, 100.

  • Deposit

    RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY,1967/97, U.S. MINES & MINING

  • Deposit

    COMPANIES, P245.

  • Deposit

    1995/96, NEVADA MINES DIRECTORY, PP. 10, 24.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS PROPERTY IS PART OF THE GETCHELL MINE PROPERTY, FILE 0320130063. NO RESERVE/RESOURCES SUMMARY DATA WILL BE ENTERED INTO THIS FILE. SEE ALSO USGS ID M232752; MINES & RESP. ID 2670145, 2600228

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-DEC-96 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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