The Huntington-Whitman Group is a gold mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,899 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: 5,899 Feet (1,798 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.21611, -117.98417
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Huntington-Whitman Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Huntington-Whitman Group
Secondary: Amos Or Slumbering Hills District
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Awakening 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
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Reg.Struct: Mod. Regional Deformation Of Sediments. Fold Axes Trend N-S
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.COM: VERY SIMILAR TO THE JUMBO MINE
Comment (Location): ADJOINS JUMBO MINE TO S AND W ; +/- 1000 M.
Comment (Production): DISTRICT PRODUCED 280,000 TONS ORE
References
Reference (Deposit): CALKINS, F. C., 1938, GOLD DEPOSITS OF SLUMBERING HILLS: U. OF NEV. BULL., VOL 32, NO.
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.
