The Labor Day Group is a manganese mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,600 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: 4,600 Feet (1,402 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 41.41417, -117.39556
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Labor Day Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Labor Day Group
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
Owner Name: Rodgers, Gus
Years: 1940 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: Epithermal Mn
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE FROM LENSES 2 FT WIDE AND 15 FT LONG IN CHERT BEDS CONTAINS 11.9 % MN. SAMPLE OF HAND-SORTED ORE FROM LENS -CONTAINS 25.6 % MN.
Materials
Gangue: Serpentine
Comments
Comment (Location): 1 MILE NNW OF HOLT PROPERTY
Comment (Deposit): 2 SMALL LENSES OF IMPURE MN OXIDES IN A CHERTY SILICEOUS ZONE THAT CAN BE TRACED FOR MILES. ONE IS ABOUT 15 FT LON-G AND 2 FEET WIDE; THE OTHER IS 75 FT LONG AND 1-3 FT WIDE. SE-RPENTINE WAS NOTED IN THE AREA.
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SMALL TRENCHES
References
Reference (Deposit): 1979 MILS DATA
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGIC MAP OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEV; N.B.M.G. BULL. 59, PL. 1
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1940, UNPUBLISHED DATA, NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE 137, ITEM 3.
Reference (Deposit): VOEGTLY, N. E., 1981, USGS OFR 81-134.
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.
