Northern Claim

The Northern Claim is a gold, silver, and lead mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,121 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Northern Claim

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead

Location

State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Rebel Creek District (New Goldfield)

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1919
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

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 0-1.5% PB. ONE SAMPLE RAN UP TO 13.3 OZ/TON AG.
Analytical Data: 0.12 TO 2.48 OZ/TON AG
Analytical Data: TRACE AU

Materials

Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): WEST OF ROSE MTN. ON HORSE CREEK; 3 MI. FROM ROCK CREEK RANCH.

Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY IN 1984.

Comment (Geology): GEOL.COM: 5 FT. WIDE VEIN

Comment (Deposit): LOCATED MAY 12, 1919 BY B. A. GOLDWORTHY AND W. T. CRITCHFIELD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

References

Reference (Deposit): UNSIGNED NOTES DATED 5/3/20 AND 5/4/20 ON FILE AT NEV. BUREAU OF MINES UNDER REBEL CREEK DISTRICT.

Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J. V., SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION OF THE DISTRICT

Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

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.