The Birthday Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 41.82556, -117.58833
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Birthday Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Birthday Mine
Secondary: Field Examiner Believes Birthday Mine To Be Same As Chefoo Tunnel Of
Secondary: Lindgren and Lawrence
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site-2641
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: National District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1925
Discovery Year: 1925
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: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2641 OF VEIN MATERIAL WITH VUGGY CLEAR QUARTZ, FLECKS OF BLUE-BLACK SULFIDE ALONG MARGINS OF VEIN, GALENA, -STIBNITE, CONTAINS 1.5 % FE, 0.07 % MG, 0.07 % CA, 0.2 % TI, 1-00 PPM MN, 700 PPM AG, 7000 PPM AS, 0.15 PPM AU (BY AA ANALYSI-S), 30 PPM B, 200 PPM BA, 15 PPM CR, 700 PPM CU, 5 PPM NI, 200-0 PPM PB, +10000 PPM SB, 50 PPM V, 700 PPM ZN, 200 PPM ZR.
Materials
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): SE 1/4 OF NW 1/4 SEC. 33
Comment (Deposit): THIS MINE IS REPORTED TO HAVE PRODUCED MOST OF THE DISTRICT'S ORE AFTER THE CLOSING OF THE NATIONAL MINE IN 1917, THROUGH THE 1920'S. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Production): DISTRICT'S BIGGEST PRODUCER AFTER CLOSING OF NATIONAL MINE IN 1917
Comment (Development): DISTRICT'S BIGGEST PRODUCER AFTER CLOSING OF NATIONAL MINE IN 1917. INACTIVE AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1984
Comment (Deposit): NO STRUCTURES VISIBLE. VEIN MATERIAL ON DUMP VERY FRIABLE, CONSISTS OF AGGREGATES OF FINE QUARTZ CRYSTALS, CLAY, F-LECKS OF STIBNITE, SOME TETRAHEDRITE.
Comment (Workings): CAVED ADIT; MILL RUINS; ACIDIC WATER SEEPING FROM CAVED ADIT
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S
References
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO., NEV.: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 59
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J. V., 29 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.
Reference (Production): WILLDEN, R., 1964
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.
