Getchell Mill

Plant in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Mercury, Silver
Sections on this page
  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 10222786
MRDS ID M030027
MAS/MILS ID 0320139014
Record type Site
Current site name Getchell Mill
Alternate or previous names Getchell Mine 0320130063, Getchell Sec 4 Pit 0320130709, Getchell Sec 5 Pit 0320130014, Turquoise Redge Deposit
Related records 10149626, 10173820, 10310489

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -117.25096, 41.19989 (WGS84)
Elevation 1900
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 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Mercury Tertiary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -117.25096, 41.19989

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
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 Patented

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Getchell Gold Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1997
    First year 1997
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Firstmiss Gold, Inc.
    ID 2600228
    Interest 100
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1996
    First year 1990
    Last year 1997
  • Type Operator
    Owner Franco-Nevada Mining, (2%-Nsr)
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1996
  • Type Operator
    Owner Stebbins Engineering And Mfg. Co.
    Year 1990
    First year 1990

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION, 1991, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1990, P. 48.

  • Deposit

    RANDOL, MINES DIRECTORY, 1996/1997, US MINES 7 MINING

  • Deposit

    COMPANIES, 245.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    MINING ENGINEERING, FEB. 1994, PP. 115-117, VOL 46. #2.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS PROPERTY IS FOR THE MILL OF THE GETCHLLE MINE PROPERTY FILE (0320130063). SEE THAT FILE FOR COMPLETE DETAILS OF THE PROPERTY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-JUL-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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