The Kim Blaims, No.S 1-9 is a gold, silver, and uranium mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,020 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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
Elevation: 6,020 Feet (1,835 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver, Uranium
Lat, Long: 41.80194, -119.24139
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Kim Blaims, No.S 1-9 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Kim Blaims, No.S 1-9
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1955
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: Hot-spring Au-Ag
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: LESS THAN 0.005% U3O8
Analytical Data: TRACE AU AND AG
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 9 UNPATENTED CLAIMS
Comment (Workings): 5 SHALLOW BULLDOZER CUTS
Comment (Deposit): LOCATED IN 1955 BY KENNETH ARNOLD: DEVELOPED BY 5 SHALLOW BULLDOZER CUTS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): CATHRALL, J. B., ET AL., 1978, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE CHARLES SHELDON WILDERNESS STUDY AREA: U.S.G.S. OPEN FILE REPT 78-1002
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.
