The Tipperary Mine is a gold mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 10 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: 10 Feet (3 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.5625, -118.73167
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Tipperary Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tipperary Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Leonard Creek 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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Form: BLANKET
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Alluvium
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): WORKED IN THE 1800'S; ACTIVE DRILLING IN THE CANYON BY FIRST MISS. CORP. OF GETCHELL. VALUE OF GRAVELS IS UNKNOWN.
Comment (Deposit): GOLD-BEARING GRAVELS FROM VEINS ASSOCIATED WITH THE GRANITES UPSTREAM FROM THE TIPPERARY MINE.
Comment (Workings): OPEN PITS, BUILDINGS ACTIVE SPRING-FED WATER SYSTEM; DRILLING.
References
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, A.N., 1947, MINING WORLD, VOL. 9, NO. 8, P. 27-30.
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 29 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL. 1356, 1973, P. 33-34.
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.
