The George and Charlie Mine is a manganese mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,400 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: 5,400 Feet (1,646 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 41.40056, -117.37778
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George and Charlie Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: George and Charlie Mine
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Poverty Peak 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
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: 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: Replacement Mn
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Ne-Trending Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON SOUTHEAST FLANK OF HOT SPRINGS RANGE ACCESSIBLE BY 4WD TRAIL FROM ROAD FOLLOWING HUMBOLDT RIVER.
Comment (Geology): MANGANESE OXIDES REPLACE CHERT AND CHERTY SHALE ALONG SHEAR ZONE.
Comment (Deposit): OWNER REPORTS CARS OF ORE HAVE BEEN SHIPPED FROM PROPERTY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 59
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.
