The Green No. 5 Claim is a copper mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,518 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
Elevation: 5,518 Feet (1,682 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 40.905, -117.39667
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Green No. 5 Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Green No. 5 Claim
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Golconda District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Owner Name: Ray Mead, Ocean Shores, Wa
Years: 1981 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Chert
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): ONE ADIT, SEVERAL BULLDOZER CUTS, ONE DRILL HOLE
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY IN 1984
Comment (Deposit): OXIDE COPPER MINERALS, LIMONITE GOSSAN AND QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL OCCUR ALONG A LOW-ANGLE FAULT (NEARLY HORIZONTAL). PROPERTY IS MUCH LIKETHOSE DESCRIBED IN SECS. 17 AND 19.
References
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION, 20 JUNE 1984.
Reference (Deposit): USGS, 1974, MAP GQ-1174
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.
