Austin

The Austin is a gold mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,001 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Austin  

State:  Nevada

County:  Humboldt

Elevation: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 41.3, -117.99890

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Austin MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Austin
Secondary: Austin Jumbo Gold Mine
Secondary: Jumbo


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc


Location

State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Awakening District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

Owner Name: Jumbo Mining Co.
Home Office: Texas


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin


Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

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References

Reference (Deposit): NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 30-B,1938,PP19-20,PL.2

Reference (Deposit): NEV BUR OF MINES BULL.59,1964,TB27,PT 2

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUR OF MINES INFORM CIRC 6995, 1938, P. 16

Reference (Deposit): USGS PROF. PAPER 610,1968, P.181


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.