Gold Run Mine

The Gold Run Mine is a gold mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,869 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

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Site Name

Primary: Gold Run Mine

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Gold Run District; Adelaide 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: Marlon H. Thompson, Owner/Operator,
Home Office: 422 W. Haskill, Box 8, Winnemucca, Nv 89445
Years: 1983 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: 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

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Alluvium
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Development): LISTED AS ACTIVE PLACER MINE SINCE 1981, EMPLOYING 3 PERSONS. GOLDRUN CREEK HAS BEEN PLACERED SINCE THE 1880'S WITH ACTIVITY PEAKING IN THE EARLY 1900'S AND SPORADIC ACTIVITY SINCE THEN. A SMALL GRAVITY CONCENTRATION MILL IS IN USE AND FLOW OF GOLDRUN CREEK IS APPARENTLY DIVERTED FOR ITS USE, AS IT IS MAINLY MUDDY WATER BELOW THE MINE.

Comment (Deposit): GOLD REPORTEDLY OCCURS IN ALLUVIAL PLACERS ALONG GOLD RUN CREEK.

Comment (Workings): OPEN CUTS, SMALL GRAVITY CONCENTRATION MILL

Comment (Location): IN LOWER PART OF GOLDRUN CREEK . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

References

Reference (Deposit): JONES, R.B., 1984, DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS ACTIVE DURING 1983; NBMG MI-1983, P. 32.

Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION, 22 JUNE 84.

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1973, USGS BULL 1356. P. 31-32.

Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W.O., 1938, USBM IC 6995, P. 23-24.

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.