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Getchell Sec 4 Pit

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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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 10222671
MRDS ID M232752
MAS/MILS ID 0320130709
Record type Site
Current site name Getchell Sec 4 Pit
Alternate or previous names Main Getchell Pit
Related records 10045091

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -117.25156, 41.19819 (WGS84)
Elevation 2000
Location accuracy 1000(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)

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 038 N 042 E 04 SENESW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -117.25156, 41.19819
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1938
Mining method Open Pit
Year of first production 1985

Mining district

District name Potosi District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Patented
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

    RANDOL, 1996/1997, MINES DIRECTORY, US MINES & MINING

  • Deposit

    COMPANIES, P245.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS IS PART OF THE GETCHELL MINE PROPERTY, 0320130063. ALL RESERVES/RESOURCES SUMMARY DATA WILL INCLUDED IN THAT PROPERTY.

Reporter information

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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