Niebuhr

The Niebuhr is a mercury mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,440 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: Niebuhr

State:  Nevada

County:  Humboldt

Elevation: 5,440 Feet (1,658 Meters)

Commodity: Mercury

Lat, Long: 41.3775, -118.33720

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Satelite image of the Niebuhr

Niebuhr MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Niebuhr
Secondary: Sunset-Big Four Group
Secondary: Niebuhr Mine


Commodity

Primary: Mercury


Location

State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Bottle Creek District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: 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


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

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Comments

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References

Reference (Deposit): USBM IC 8252,1965,P.230

Reference (Deposit): GEOL SURVEY BULL 922-A,1940,P.29

Reference (Deposit): NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 41,1944,P.87 PL1

Reference (Deposit): NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 59,1964,TB17

Reference (Deposit): SHAFT IN BROKEN AND SILICIFIED RHYOLITE AND FOLLOWS SHEAR ZO


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.