The Humboldt Mine is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Humboldt Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Humboldt Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Aura
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1910
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Host Rock Folded & Contorted
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAY OF .15 OZ/TON AU
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DEVELOPEMENT CONSISTS OF ONE LOW ANGLE INCLINE, SUNK TOWARDS THE SOUTHWEST INCLINE WAS FLOODED IN 1956. LOCATED AT THE HEAD OF POLARIS GULCH, 1/2 MILE S.E. OF THE BLUE JACKETT MINE. ABOUT 100 YARDS EAST OF THE HUMBOLDT SHAFT A SURFACE PIT IN GRANODIORITE HAS BEEN ASSAYED AT UP TO $3 PER TON OF IN GOLD (PRE-1910). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Development): ONE LOW-ANGLE INCLINE; A PRE-1910 ASSAY YIELDED $3.00/TON IN GOLD (0.15OZ/TON)
Comment (Deposit): REPLACEMENT VEIN; FISSURES
Comment (Workings): ONE LOW-ANGLE INCLINE AND ONE PROSPECT PIT.
References
Reference (Deposit): GRANGER, A.E. ETAL, (1957) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCE OF ELKO CO. NEV., BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 54.
Reference (Deposit): EMMONS, W.H. (1910) RECOMAISENCE/ELKO, LANDER, & EUREKA COS. NEV., USGS BULL 408.
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.
