The Huber Hills/Granite Ridge is a molybdenum mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Huber Hills/Granite Ridge MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Huber Hills/Granite Ridge
Commodity
Primary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Mountain City
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Porphyry Mo, low-F
Orebody
Form: TABULAR, DISSEMINATED
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Molybdenite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): MOLYBDENITE OCCURS IN QUARTZ/PYRITE VEINS AND ALSO DISSEMINATED IN QUARTZ MONZONITE
Comment (Workings): ONE ADIT, DRILLING, AND BULLDOZING
Comment (Geology): MOLYBDENITE OCCURS IN QUARTZ/PYRITE VEINS ON GRANITE RIDGE AND HUBER HILL ALSO OCCURS DISSEMINATED IN THE QUARTZ MONZONITE
Comment (Deposit): AT HEAD OF SCHLAG DRAW, DRILLING AND BULLDOZING HAS BEEN DONE EXPLORING FOR MOLYBDENITE. ONE ADIT PRESENT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Development): EXPLORATORY DRILLING AND BULLDOZING HAVE BEEN DONE FOR MOLYBDENUM
Comment (Location): HEAD OF SCHLAG DRAW
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHILLING, J.H., 1962, AN INVENTORY OF MOLYBDENUM OCCURANCES IN NEVADA: NBMG REPT. 2
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R.M., 1976, MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA, U.S.G.S. OPEN FILE REPT. 1976-56
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.
