The Alta Claims is a gold mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,329 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: 6,329 Feet (1,929 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.79667, -118.67306
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Alta Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Alta Claims
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Warm Springs 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: Ronald C. Begg William Wright , John Day, Or
Years: 1956 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1956
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Form: PODS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): CLAIMS ARE LOCATED ON ISOLATED PODS OF QUARTZ IN GRANODIORITE. NO MINERALIZATION OBSERVED.
Comment (Location): AT HEAD OF ALTA CREEK; UTM TO ONE OF 2 SITES. . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): CLAIMS ARE JUST INSIDE SW BOUNDARY OF PROPOSED BLUE LAKE PRIMITIVE AREA, MAHOGANY MOUNTAIN SECTION.
References
Reference (Deposit): BENNETT, REB E., 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE BLUE LAKE PROPOSED PRIMITIVE AREA, HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG DISTRICT FILE 145, ITEM 2.
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL. 59, PL. 1.
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.
