The Slater Mine is a gold mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,149 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,149 Feet (2,179 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.8925, -118.42111
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Slater Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Slater Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2390
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Trident Peak Area
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: 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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2390 FROM VEINS CONTAINS 5 % FE, 1 % MG, 2 % CA, 0.7 % TI, 700 PPM MN, 2 PPM AG, 10 PPM B, 300 PPM BA, 20 PPM CO, 20 PPM CR, 70 PPM CU, 50 PPM NI, 30 PPM PB, 15 PPM SC, 300 PPM SR, 150 PPM V, 20 PPM Y, 100 PPM ZR, AND 0.6 PPM AU, BY AA ANALYSIS.
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): ON SOUTH SIDE OF TRIDENT PEAK, NEAR HEAD OF WILDER CREEK. . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1985; LONG IDLE.
Comment (Workings): OLD CABIN, COLLAPSED; SHORT ADITS, CAVED.
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEINS WITH MINOR HEMATITE AND IRON-STAINING HOSTED IN A DEEPLY-WEATHERED GRANODIORITE. MINERALIZATION NOT IMMEDIATELY APPARENT.
References
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 12 JUN 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.
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.
