The Northumberland Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,550 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,550 Feet (2,606 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 39.00001, -116.78333
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Northumberland Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Northumberland Mine
Secondary: Blue Bell Mine
Secondary: Monitor Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Northumberland 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: Homestake Mining Co.
Years: 1968 -
Owner Name: Northumberland Mining Co.
Years: 1951 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1866
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Toquima Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Thrust Faults, Intrusions
Type: L
Description: Thrust Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Cerargyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = TONOPAH 1:250000
Comment (Production): ORE FROM 1939 VALUED AT $1,146,475.
Comment (Deposit): LADY CUMMINGS VEIN; NORTHUMBERLAND VEIN; DETROIT VEIN
Comment (Workings): THREE OPEN PITS
References
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSIT OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS
Reference (Production): KLEINHAMPL, 1980
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.
