The Oklahoma Mine is a gold mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,499 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,499 Feet (1,676 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.59194, -118.60528
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Oklahoma Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Oklahoma Mine
Secondary: Blackbart
Secondary: Top of Them All
Secondary: Dorothy
Secondary: Daisy
Secondary: Bluebird.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Dyke Canyon Area(Florence Mining 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
Year First Production: 1914
Discovery Year: 1914
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): A FEW SHALLOW INCLINED SHAFTS AND OPEN OUTS DEVELOP THE 6 CLAIMS. PLANS FOR MILL CONSTRUCTION WERE UNDER WAY IN 1914 ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): 12 MILES W. OF QUINN RIVER CROSSING
Comment (Development): 6 UNPATENTED CLAIMS
Comment (Workings): SHALLOW SHAFTS, OPEN CUTS
Comment (Geology): NARROW VEINS, PARALLEL AND 350 TO 450 FT. APART, UP TO 2000 FT. LONG
References
Reference (Deposit): HUSTON, M.B., 1914, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE OKLAHOMA MINE, ON FILE AT NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES.
Reference (Deposit): UNTITLED, UNDATED, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE OKLAHOMA GOLD MINING CO. ON FILE AT NEV. BUREAU OF MINES.
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.
