The Sundown Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,201 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,201 Feet (2,195 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 41.68944, -118.67333
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Sundown Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sundown Mine
Secondary: Lode Claim No. 1
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Dyke Canyon District; Varyville 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: Lasa, Doratio
Years: 1974 -
Owner Name: Yrueta, Pete And John
Years: 1974 -
Owner Name: Obirta, Domingo And Frank
Years: 1974 -
Owner Name: Bernardo, Domingo
Years: 1974 -
Owner Name: Mairuga, J. Doming
Years: 1974 -
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
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Siltstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): PIT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN DUG ON CRYSTALLINE LIMESTONE LENS THAT WAS COMPLETELY REMOVED BY EXCAVATION. CRYSTALLINE LIMESTONE ON DUMP CONTAINS EPIDOTE AND QUARTZ STRINGERS. JUST TO THE SW, A PROSPECT TRENCH CONTAINS SUGARY QUARTZOSE ROCK WITH ABUNDANT DISSEMINATED PYRITE AND NEARBY IRON-STAINED QUARTZ FLOAT. DUMP MATERIAL ASSAYED A TRACE OF AU AND 0.44 OZ/T AG. ABOUT 0.5 MILE TO THE NW ARE SOME SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS ON 1 FT WIDE QUARTZ LENSES WITH IRON OXIDE STAIN.
Comment (Workings): SHALLOW, PARTIALLY CAVED PIT.
Comment (Development): LOCATED 1 NOV 55. WITHIN PROPOSED BLUE LAKE PRIMITIVE AREA.
Comment (Location): NORTH SIDE OF BIG CREEK ON HILLSIDE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
References
Reference (Deposit): BENNETT, REB E., 1974, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE BLUE LAKE PROPOSED PRIMITIVE AREA, HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 64, PL. 1.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL. 64, 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.
