Hampton and Skyline Claims

The Hampton and Skyline Claims is a gold mine located in White Pine county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,999 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Hampton and Skyline Claims  

State:  Nevada

County:  White Pine

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

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.