Gold Summit Mine

The Gold Summit Mine is a silver, lead, and gold mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,129 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

Name: Gold Summit Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Humboldt

Elevation: 7,129 Feet (2,173 Meters)

Commodity: Silver, Lead, Gold

Lat, Long: 40.76722, -117.63972

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Gold Summit Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Gold Summit Mine


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold


Location

State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Washiki 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
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1906
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: Polymetallic veins


Orebody

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Workings): SHAFTS, PITS

Comment (Geology): NARROW QUARTZ VEINS

Comment (Deposit): GOLD MINES IN THE WASHIKI DISTRICT (MOSTLY IN PERSHING CO.) WERE DISCOVERED IN 1906 AND WORKED INTERMITTENTLY UNTIL 1942. DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF A FEW SHAFTS AND PITS FROM WHICH ORE WAS MINED BY HAND ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Location): IN SADDLE AT HEAD OF BACON CANYON

Comment (Production): UNKNOWN AMOUNT

Comment (Development): WORKED INTERMITTENTLY, 1906-1942


References

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M. G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 89


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.