The Humboldt Mine is a gold mine located in Malheur county, Oregon.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
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Humboldt Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Humboldt Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Oregon
County: Malheur
District: Mormon Basin
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Lattig, Robert M.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Geology): VEIN AND COUNTRY ROCK ARE SHATTERED BY TERTIARY FAULTING
References
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 133.
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939, BULL. 14-A, P. 78.
Reference (Deposit): WOLFF, E.N., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE CAVINESS QUADRANGLE, OREGON: UNIV. OF OREGON PHD. THESIS
Reference (Deposit): GILLULY, J.C., REED, J.C., AND PARK, C.F., JR., 1933, SOME MINING DISTRICTS OF EASTERN OREGON: USGS BULL. 846-A.
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