The Redeemer Claim is a copper mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,079 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,079 Feet (1,548 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 41.11917, -118.58250
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Redeemer Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Redeemer Claim
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Red Butte 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: Harris Family (Terry Or Howard)
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1908
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: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Chalcocite Altered To Chrys., Halachite, Azurite
Rocks
Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Comments
Comment (Geology): "A FISSURE ZONE IN THE GABBRO CONTAINS STREAKS OF CHALCOCITE, PARTLY ALTERED TO CHRYS., MAL., & AZURITE
Comment (Deposit): EXACT LOCATION IS NOT DETERMINABLE FROM DESCRIPTION GIVEN BY RANSOME, "ABOUT A MILE NORTH OF THE SETTLEMENT" OF RED BUTTE, WHICH CONSISTED IN 1908, OF ABOUT 30 TENTS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Location): ABOUT 1 MILE NORTH OF RED BUTTE MINING CAMP.
References
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1958, CRET. AND TRET. OROGENY, IN JACKSON MTNS., HUMBOLDT CO., NEVF: AAPG BULL, VOL. 42, NO. 10.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION, 1984.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.
Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, F. E., 1909, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN HUMBOLDT CO., NEV: U.S.G.S. BULL. 414.
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.
