The G U B Claims is a silver mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,299 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,299 Feet (1,920 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 41.59333, -117.46444
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G U B Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: G U B Claims
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2604
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Spring City District; Paradise Valley District; Mount Rose District
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
Owner Name: Houston International Minerals Corp.
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: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Phyllite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2604 OF MASSIVE WHITE VEIN QUARTZ WITH SULFIDES CONTAINS 2 % FE, 0.02 % MG, 0.02 % TI, 15 PPM MN, 10 PPM AG, 10000 PPM AS, 20 PPM B, 500 PPM BA, 10 PPM CO, 100 PPM CU, 10 PPM MO, 10 PPM NI, 300 PPM PB, 100 PPM SB, 70 PPM V, 0.05 PPM AU (BY AA ANALYSIS).
Materials
Gangue: Iron
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): EAST SIDE OF DRY CREEK. . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Deposit): MASSIVE WHITE QUARTZ VEIN IN PHYLLITE, KNOTTED SCHIST; VEIN 3-4 FT THICK IN OUTCROP, FOLLOWING CLEAVAGE PLANES OF WALLROCK. VEIN IS BRECCIATED WITH LATE GENERATION OF CLEAR, BLUE-WHITE QUARTZ CEMENT. SOME VUGS IN VEIN WITH LARGE CLEAR QUARTZ CRYSTALS; VEIN HAS STREAKS OF WALLROCK INCLUSIONS. VEIN BRANCHES, PINCHES AND SWELLS, MAXIMUM 15-20 FT THICK, SOME FE OXIDE STAIN, SULFIDE CAST, WITH SOME SILVERY-COLORED FINE-GRAINED SULFIDE PRESENT; POSSIBLY ARSENOPYRITE.
Comment (Workings): SHALLOW INCLINE ON VEIN.
Comment (Development): OLD SHALLOW INCLINE; NEW CLAIM POSTS (1984).
References
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL 59, PL. I.
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W. O., 1938, USBM IC 6995, P. 38-39.
Reference (Deposit): TINGLEY, J. V., 5 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
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.
