The Section 4 Pit is a gold mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,751 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,751 Feet (1,753 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.19833, -117.25333
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Section 4 Pit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Section 4 Pit
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Potosi District; Getchell 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: Getchell Mine, Inc.(Gold Field Corp.)
Owner Name: Getchell Mine, Inc.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metamorphic
Operation Type: 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: W skarn
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR CONTACT
Structure
Type: R
Description: Reg.Struct: Getchell Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silication
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Wollastonite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE OF A SMALL GOLD PIT HAS BEEN EXPLORED RECENTLY FOR TUNGSTEN, AS LIMESTONE SEDIMENTS FORM AND EMBAYMENT WITHIN THE GRANODIORITE STOCK. THE LIME UNITS ARE CORRELATIVE WITH THOSE OF RILEY EXTENSION MINE WHICH HAVE FORMED TACTITES. DRILL HOLE DATA. HOWEVER DO NOT SUPPORT, STRONG POTENTIAL FOR A MINEABLE DEPOSIT OF TUNGSTEN ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): N. OF HANSEN CREEK, N. OF RILEY EXTENSION MINE
Comment (Deposit): ; MODEL NAME COULD ALSO BE: SEDIMENT-HOSTED AU.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.COM: LIMESTONE BEDS 30-60 FT THICK, PARALLELLING GRANODIORITE CONTACT
References
Reference (Production): TINGLEY, J.F., 1978
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., 1978, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE GETCHELL TUNGSTEN AREA, ON FILE AT NEV. BUR. MINE
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.
