The Alma Mine is a gold mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,562 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: 6,562 Feet (2,000 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.3, -117.93190
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Alma Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Alma Mine
Secondary: Sleeper Extension
Secondary: Breccia Zone
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Sleeper
Land Status
Land ownership: Unknown
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: Unknown
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: York Mines
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1996
Owner Name: X-Cal Resources
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1996
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1994
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): MILS LAT/LONG IS APPROX., PROJECT AREA IS AROUND THE HISTORIC PAST PRODUCING ALMA MINE, APPROX 14,000 FT SE OF AMAX SLEEPER PIT. THE BRECCIA ZONE IS 17,000 FT SE OF THE PIT. MILS LAT/LONG OF THE SLEEPER PIT IS N412010/W1180303. THIS PROPERTY FILE IS NOT RELATED TO THE SLEEPER CLAIMS SEQ# 0320071011. IT MAY BE RELATED TO ALMA CLAIMS SEQ# 0320130490.
References
Reference (Deposit): COMPANIES, P350.
Reference (Deposit): RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, U.S. MINES & MINING
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.
