The Wedding Ring Group Nos. 1-6 is a copper mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,039 feet.
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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
Elevation: 5,039 Feet (1,536 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 41.93194, -118.51111
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Wedding Ring Group Nos. 1-6 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wedding Ring Group Nos. 1-6
Secondary: Old Wedding Ring Property
Secondary: Wilder Creek Ranch Copper Prospect
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2441
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Disaster District; Disaster Peak District
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Volcanogenic U
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gneiss
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Gneiss
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Gneiss
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Gneiss
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.28% U3O8 IN ONE SAMPLE. HIGH OF 0.3 R/HR RECORDED. SAMPLE 2441, A MIXTURE OF ALTERED MINERALIZED ROCK TYPES, CONTAINS 5 % FE, 1.5 % MG, 2 % CA, 0.5 % TI, 1000 PPM -MN, 10 PPM AG, 20 PPM B, 1500 PPM BA, 150 PPM BI, 10 PPM CO, 1-0 PPM CR, 20000 PPM C4, 7 PPM NI, 20 PPM PB, 10 PPM SC, 500 PP-M SR, 200 PPM V, 20 PPM Y, 500 PPM ZN, 100 PPM ZR.
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): COUPLE OF VERTICAL SHAFTS AND 2-3 SHORT ADITS. NUMEROUS DOZER CUTS AND TRENCHES SPREAD OUT OVER 0.25 MILE LONG BY -200 YD WIDE AREA.
Comment (Geology): CHALCOPYRITE-BEARING QUARTZ VEINS CUT GNEISSIC GRANODIORITE AND ASSOCIATED PEGMATITE DIKES THE ANOMALOUS RADIO ACTIVITY IS REPORTEDLY ASSOCIATED WITH SECONDARY COPPER MINERALS WHICH OCCUR AS FRACTURE COATINGS ON THE QUARTZ VEINS.
Comment (Deposit): DEVELOPED BY 700 TO 1000 FT. OF DRIFTS AND SHAFTS FOR GOLD, COPPER & SILVER. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION BUT SOME WORK HAS BEEN DONE WITHIN THE LAST TWO YEARS
Comment (Location): SE 1/4 OF NE 1/4 SEC. 28; NEAR MOUTH WILDER CREEK; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = DENIO (1966) 1:625000
References
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA: NEV. BUR MINES BULLETIN 81
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO., NEV; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 59.
Reference (Deposit): JONES, R.B., 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION, 9-15-84, AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
