Pick Handle Mine

The Pick Handle Mine is a gold mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,200 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

Name: Pick Handle Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Humboldt

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

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.