The NBMG Sample Site 2446 is a gold and mercury mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,849 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: 4,849 Feet (1,478 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Mercury
Lat, Long: 41.17278, -117.49750
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NBMG Sample Site 2446 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: NBMG Sample Site 2446
Secondary: Dutch Flat Mine Area
Secondary: Chink Claims
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Dutch Flat 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: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2446 CONTAINS 5% FE, 0.3% MG, 0.07% CA, 0.2% TI, 200 PPM MN, 70 PPM B, 500 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 7 PPM CO, 50 PPM CR, 15 PPM CU, 30 PPM LA, 20 PPM NI, 10 PPM PB, 7 PPM SC, 50 PPM V, 15 PPM Y, 200 PPM ZR.
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): PLACER AREA IN SODARISI CANYON . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): APPEARS TO BE MOSTLY PLACER GROUND. NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1985, ALTHOUGH THERE HAS BEEN WORK IN SODARISI CANYON WITHIN LAST 2 YEARS. NEW WORK (CHINK CLAIMS) APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN A SAMPLING PROJECT AS THERE ARE SEVERAL SEEMINGLY NEW BACK HOE TRENCHES AND CAT CUTS.
Comment (Workings): NUMEROUS PITS, CUTS, TRENCHES EXTENDING OVER ABOUT 0.25 MILE STARTING AT MOUTH OF CANYON.
References
Reference (Deposit): JONES, R.B., 1985, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS, 4-24-85.
Reference (Deposit): HOTZ, P.E. AND WILLDEN, R., 1964, USGS PP 431.
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W.O., 1936, NBMG BULL 27.
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL 59.
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.
