The Gold Summit Mine is a silver, lead, and gold mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,129 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,129 Feet (2,173 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead, Gold
Lat, Long: 40.76722, -117.63972
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Gold Summit Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Summit Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Washiki 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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1906
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): SHAFTS, PITS
Comment (Geology): NARROW QUARTZ VEINS
Comment (Deposit): GOLD MINES IN THE WASHIKI DISTRICT (MOSTLY IN PERSHING CO.) WERE DISCOVERED IN 1906 AND WORKED INTERMITTENTLY UNTIL 1942. DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF A FEW SHAFTS AND PITS FROM WHICH ORE WAS MINED BY HAND ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): IN SADDLE AT HEAD OF BACON CANYON
Comment (Production): UNKNOWN AMOUNT
Comment (Development): WORKED INTERMITTENTLY, 1906-1942
References
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M. G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 89
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.
