The Goodwill Claim is a mercury mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,902 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
Elevation: 4,902 Feet (1,494 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 41.83861, -119.00472
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Goodwill Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Goodwill Claim
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Virgin Valley 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: Wilson, H. W.
Years: 1974 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1974
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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 Hg
Orebody
Form: BLANKET
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Clay Alteration
Rocks
Name: Clay, Mud
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 20 PPM HG
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE CLAIM WAS LOCATED IN 1974 BY H. W. WILSON AS A "MERCURY AND HYDROTHERMAL LODE". DEVELOPED BY 5 PITS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): SW 1/4 SEC. 02.
Comment (Workings): 5 PITS
Comment (Geology): ASH BEDS CONTAIN NUMEROUS GEODES WHICH MAY BE OF SOME ECONOMIC VALUE. TUFFACEOUS SANDSTONE MAY BE USEFUL AS DIMENSION STONE.
References
Reference (Deposit): CATHRALL, J.B., ET AL, 1978, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE CHARLES SHELDON WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, USGS OPEN FILE REPORT 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.
