The El Paso Mine is a gold mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,279 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,279 Feet (1,609 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.17528, -117.48333
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El Paso Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: El Paso Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Dutch Flat 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
Owner Name: Dutch Flat Mines Inc.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: LENSES
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1.5 OZ/TON AG
Analytical Data: SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.05 OZ/TON AU
Materials
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Comments
Comment (Commodity): NONE RECORDED BUT SOME HIGH-GRADE ORE REPORTED
Comment (Location): S 1/2 OF NW 1/4 OF NW 1/4 OF SEC. 16.
Comment (Production): CONSIDERABLE GOLD REPORTEDLY PRODUCED FROM HIGH-GRADE POCKETS OF ORE.
Comment (Workings): DRIFT, STOPED TO SURFACE
Comment (Geology): GEOL.COM: DISCONTINUOUS, BRECCIATED QUARTZ STRINGERS IN FAULT ZONE
Comment (Deposit): CONSIDERABLE GOLD REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN PRODUCED FROM SMALL, HIGH-GRADE POCKETS OF ORE. DRIFT ALONG FAULT ZONE, STOPED TO SURFACE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO., NEV: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 59.
Reference (Deposit): HOTZ, P. E., AND WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE OSGOOD MTNS QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT CO., NEV; U.S.G.S. PROF. PAOER 431.
Reference (Production): WILLDEN, R., 1964
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.
