The G.S. and I Claim is a silver and gold mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,400 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: 5,400 Feet (1,646 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 41.63444, -117.72750
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G.S. and I Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: G.S. and I Claim
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2624
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Rebel Creek District; New Gold Fields District
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: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Form: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2624 OF WHITE VEIN QUARTZ WITH CLOTS AND STRINGERS OF PYRITE-MARCASITE, A SILVERY SULFIDE, POSSIBLE ARSENO PYRITE, VUGGY WITH CLEAR QUARTZ CRYSTALS LINING VUGS, CONTAINS 15% FE, 0.02% MG, 0.1% TI, 100 PPM MN, 30 PPM AG, +10000 PPM AS, 70 PPM B, 20 PPM BA, 7 PPM CO, 100 PPM CU, 30 PPM NI, 100 PPM PB, 10 PPM V, 200 PPM ZR, AND 2.1 PPM AU (BY AA ANALYSIS).
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Marcasite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1984.
Comment (Deposit): WHITE QUARTZ VEIN, 10-15 FT WIDE FOLLOWS FOLIATION IN SHALEY HORNFELS WALLROCK. AT PORTAL OF ADIT VEIN AND WALLROCK ROLL TO VERTICAL DIP. VEIN APPEARS TO BE VERY IRREGULAR ALONG STRIKE TO THE SW WITH FINGERS OF QUARTZ LACING FOOTWALL OF MAIN VEIN. VEIN FRAGMENTS ON DUMP VERY HEAVY WITH SULFIDES, OXIDIZED TO POROUS GOSSAN.
Comment (Workings): ADIT, LARGE DUMP, OLD MILL FOUNDATION
References
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J.V., 19 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL. 59, PL. I.
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.
