The Auto Hill Prospects is a silver mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,549 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,549 Feet (1,996 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 41.83528, -117.58528
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Auto Hill Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Auto Hill Prospects
Secondary: Walker Lease
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Mercury
Tertiary: Bismuth
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: National District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: R. A. Whelchel
Owner Name: Walker ?
Years: 1915 -
Production
Year: 1915
Time Period: To 1915
Material type: ORE AG AU
Description: Cp_Grade: ^2500 Oz/Ton Ag
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1908
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Several Faults Off Set The Dike
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 3 OZ/TON AU
Analytical Data: UP TO 2500 OZ/TON AG
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Silver
Ore: Marcasite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Bismuth
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Antimony
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Comments
Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1984
Comment (Geology): BANDED VEINS 4-5 INCHES WIDE: STIBNITE AS SMALL NEEDLES IN QUARTZ VUGS LINED WITH MARCASITE.
Comment (Deposit): A 50-FT-WIDE RHYOLITE DIKE CAN BE TRACED FROM THE OLD TOWNSITE OF NATIONAL NORTH UP THE GULCH BETWEEN ROUND HILL AND AUTO HILL, AND IT SHOWS SOME MINERALIZATION. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Location): IN GULCH BETWEEN AUTO AND ROUND HILLS
Comment (Production): LESS THAN 5 TONS RICH ORE (2500 OZ/TON AG; 3 OZ/TON AU) TO 1915.
Comment (Deposit): BANDED VEINS 4-5 INCHES WIDE IN 50-FT WIDE MINERALIZED RHYOLITE DIKE. CINNABAR WAS ALSO REPORTED TO OCCUR IN A CLAY GOUGE ASSOCIATED WITH THE VEINS ON THE 30- AND 60-FT LEVELS OF SHA-FT
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., 1915, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE NATIONAL MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 601
Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, E. F., 1963, NBMG BULL 61, P.74.
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., RYTUBA, J. J. , AND JONES, R. B., 1984, UNPUBLISHED DATA ON HG DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J. V., 29 SEP 84, FIELD EXAMINATION OF DISTRICT.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3
Reference (Production): LINDGREN, W., 1915
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.
