Winnemucca Mountain Mine

Prospect in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Molybdenum, 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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10295462
MRDS ID W016311
MAS/MILS ID 0320130153
Record type Site
Current site name Winnemucca Mountain Mine
Alternate or previous names Winnemucca Property, Gold Hill Group

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.75817, 40.99819 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Winnemucca West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower 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 036 N 037 E 13 NE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.75817, 40.99819

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Anvil Resources Ltd.
    Home office Canada
    Year 1997

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROVEN 140,000 OUNCES OF GOLD WITH 300,000 OUNCES OF GOLD DRILL INDICATED (2-97).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 59,1964,TB 9

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES RPT 2, 1962, P. 22

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUR OF MINES INFORM CIRC 6995, 1938, P. 54.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUR OF MINES BULL 111, 1916, P. 87

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-MAY-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

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.