Havalau Gulch Mine

The Havalau Gulch Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,879 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Havalau Gulch Mine
Secondary: Havalau Mine
Secondary: Havilah Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2387

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold

Location

State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Awakening 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: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: 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
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2387 TAKEN FROM VEINS IN SOME OF THE PROSPECTS.

Materials

Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): 3.5 MILES S60W OF DAVEYTOWN

Comment (Production): DISTRICT PRODUCED 280,000 TONS ORE

Comment (Development): ADITS AND SHAFTS ON THE PROPERTY DATE FROM AN EARLIER PERIOD, BUT NEW OWNERS ARE CURRENTLY WORKING THE PROPERTY, A-ND ACCORDING TO DALLAS CHURCH, THE AREA IS SOON TO BE OPEN-PIT-TED (1985)

Comment (Workings): ADITS, SHAFTS, CROSSCUT, PROPOSED OPEN PIT

Comment (Geology): GEOL.COM: THIS DEPOSIT CONTAINS MORE SILVER THAN THE NEARBY ALABAMA AND MAYDAY MINES

References

Reference (Deposit): CALKINS, F.C., 1938, GOLD DEPOSITS OF SLUMBERING HILLS,NEV., U. OF NEV. BUL., VOL 32, NO. 3

Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOL. AND MIN. DEPS. OF HUMBOLDT CO., NV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 59.

Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 1985, FIELD EXAMINATION, 6-11-85

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.