The Delong Mine is a mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,339 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: 7,339 Feet (2,237 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 41.3094, -118.42310
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Delong Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Delong Mine
Secondary: Iron King Mine
Secondary: Delong Mine/Iron King Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Jackson Mountains 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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Jackson Mountain Mining Co.
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1975
Owner Name: W. G. Austin Trust
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1975
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1952
Discovery Year: 1908
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
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Biotite
Unknown: Apatite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Marcasite
Unknown: Hematite
Unknown: Feldspar
Unknown: Epidote
Unknown: Chlorite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Magnetite
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): AUSTIN G, 1975, JACKSON MT MININGCO, ORAL COMMUNICATION
Reference (Deposit): CARROL, BRADBURY & ASSOC,1964,FORW.PACIFIC R.R.CO,P5-5A
Reference (Deposit): FISHER DG, 1962, GEOLOGY OF IRON KING MAG.DEP., UNIV.UTAH TH
Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN FC, 1923, MINING DISTRICTS & MINERAL RESOURCES OF NE
Reference (Deposit): SHAWE FR ET AL, 1962, NEV BUR MINES & GEOLOGY BUL 53, P103-8
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN R, 1963, GENERAL GEOL OF JACKSON MTS, USGS BUL 1141-
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN R, 1964, GEOL & MIN DEPS OF HUMBOLDT CO,NEV BUR MINS
Reference (Deposit): MAP-1961, USGS BOTTLE CREEK 15 MINUTE TOPOGRAPHIC QUAD MAP
Reference (Deposit): STEPHENSON EL, 1954, PRIVATE RPT.AUGUST, 4P, 2 PLS.
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN CR, 1960, GEOL OF JACKSONMTS,HUMBOLDT CO,NEVADA,PHD
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.
