Getchell Sec. 5 Pit

The Getchell Sec. 5 Pit is a tungsten mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,529 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Getchell Sec. 5 Pit
Secondary: Marshall Canyon Mine

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Silver

Location

State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Potosi District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

Owner Name: Getchell Mine Inc.

Owner Name: Getchell Mine, Inc.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1955
Discovery Year: 1955
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: W skarn

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Altered Granodiorite; Sericitic, Pyritic

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Location): S 1/2 OF SW 1/4 OF SEC. 5, IN SADDLE.

Comment (Workings): OPEN PIT

Comment (Production): A FEW HUNDRED TONS OF TUNGSTEN ORE.

Comment (Development): FIRST PROSPECTED FOR SILVER; BRIEFLY MINED IN 1955 FOR TUNGSTEN ORE

Comment (Geology): GEOL.COM: SCHEELITE OCCURS IN IRREGULARLY-SHAPED BODIES AND LENSES AND VEINS OF COARSE, GLASSY QUARTZ CUTTING GRANODIORITE.

Comment (Deposit): FIRST PROSPECTED FOR SILVER; OPEN PIT-MINED BRIEFLY DURING SUMMER, 1955. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H. K., IN PREPARATION, NBMG BULL ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.

Reference (Production): WILLDEN, R., 1964

Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 59

Reference (Deposit): HOTZ, P.E., AND WILLDEN, 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE OSGOOD MOUNTAINS QUADRANGLE HUMBOLDT CO., NEV; U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 431.

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.