The Havalau Gulch Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,879 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,879 Feet (1,487 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 41.26833, -117.96306
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Havalau Gulch Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Havalau Gulch Mine
Secondary: Havalau Mine
Secondary: Havilah Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2387
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Awakening 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: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2387 TAKEN FROM VEINS IN SOME OF THE PROSPECTS.
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): 3.5 MILES S60W OF DAVEYTOWN
Comment (Production): DISTRICT PRODUCED 280,000 TONS ORE
Comment (Development): ADITS AND SHAFTS ON THE PROPERTY DATE FROM AN EARLIER PERIOD, BUT NEW OWNERS ARE CURRENTLY WORKING THE PROPERTY, A-ND ACCORDING TO DALLAS CHURCH, THE AREA IS SOON TO BE OPEN-PIT-TED (1985)
Comment (Workings): ADITS, SHAFTS, CROSSCUT, PROPOSED OPEN PIT
Comment (Geology): GEOL.COM: THIS DEPOSIT CONTAINS MORE SILVER THAN THE NEARBY ALABAMA AND MAYDAY MINES
References
Reference (Deposit): CALKINS, F.C., 1938, GOLD DEPOSITS OF SLUMBERING HILLS,NEV., U. OF NEV. BUL., VOL 32, NO. 3
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOL. AND MIN. DEPS. OF HUMBOLDT CO., NV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 59.
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 1985, FIELD EXAMINATION, 6-11-85
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.
