The Pick Handle Mine is a gold mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,200 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.22667, -118.00806
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Pick Handle Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pick Handle Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2388
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Awakening District; Slumbering Hills; Amos 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
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: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): 280,000 TONS ORE FROM DISTRICT (TO 1963)
Comment (Workings): SHAFTS AND PROSPECTS ALONG STRIKE OF VEIN. LATERAL WORKINGS STOPED TO SURFACE
Comment (Deposit): VERY LITTLE INFORMATION AVAILABLE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
References
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 1985, FIELD EXAMINATION, 6-11-85
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO, NEV; 1964; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 59
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.
