The Hampton and Skyline Claims is a gold mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,999 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: 8,999 Feet (2,743 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.05611, -114.38306
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Hampton and Skyline Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hampton and Skyline Claims
Secondary: Hampton Group Sec 30 11 Claims
Secondary: Skyline Sec 19 Group 4 Claims-Part of Dry Gulch Placer Usbm
Secondary: Sample Location #7
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Osceola
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
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1896
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: DUMP GRAB SAMPLE, 5 FT GRID, IN 1981 YIELDED 0.1% CU, NO AG, MO, PB, W,Y.
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ STRINGERS CARRY SMALL GOLD VALUES. THER IS A LARGE VEIN OF TUNGSTEN CARRYING GOLD VALUES RUNNING N-S ACROSS THE WESTERN END OF THE HAMPTON GROUP. SEVERAL E-W VEINS
Comment (Workings): 400 FT OREGON TUNNEL (CROSSCUT) WITH 125 FT OF DRIFTING; 40 FT SHAFT; 175-FT CROSSCUT TUNENL WITH 50 FT OF DRIFTING; SHALLOW SURFACE CUTS
Comment (Location): AT HEAD OF DRY GULCH AND MARY ANN GULCH . UTM IS TO NEAR CENTER OF WORKINGS AND CLAIMS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
Comment (Development): "EXCEPTIONALLY HIGH GRADE " ORE TAKEN OUT IN 1896
References
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W.O., 1936, NBMG BULL 27, P. 167-173
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1983, OPEN FILE REPORT MLA 56-83.
Reference (Deposit): TERRADATA, 1980, A MINERAL INVENTORY OF THE SCHELL RESOURCE AREA, ELY DISTRICT, NEVADA; FOR BLM
Reference (Deposit): MCCLURE, E.R., 1934, LETTER AND REPORT ON HAMPTON & SKYLINE MINING CLAIMS, OSCEOLA, NEV.; NBMG FILE 335, ITEM 2.
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.
