The Cherry Gulch Mine is a gold mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,974 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,974 Feet (1,516 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.81306, -118.69333
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Cherry Gulch Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cherry Gulch Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2978
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Warm Springs 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: Wayne Wagner
Years: 1984 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): NORTHERN WORKINGS ARE ON NE-TRENDING VEINS. BRECCIATION AND IRON-STAINING ARE COMMON WHILE SOME OF THE SOUTHERN VEINS ARE MORE GOSSANY.
Comment (Workings): AT LEAST 6 ADITS WITH SIZEABLE DUMPS.
Comment (Geology): QUARTZ VEINS
Comment (Location): IN CHERRY GULCH; 1 MILE S. OF ASHDOWN MINE
Comment (Development): PROBABLY SMALL PRODUCTION IN LATE 1800'S. NO ACTIVITY WHEN EXAMINED IN 1984.
References
Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG, BULL. 59.
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 1 OCT 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
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.
