The Edmunds Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,060 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,060 Feet (1,847 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 41.84028, -117.57583
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Edmunds Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Edmunds Mine
Secondary: Edmunds Tunnel
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1907
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Workings): ADIT, DRIFT
Comment (Deposit): THE DEPOSITS WERE DISCOVERED IN 1907 BY J. L. WORKMAN IN HIS AUTOMOBILE. GOLD AND SILVER ORE WAS DISCOVERED ON CHARLESTON HILL IN 1908 AND 57. A 485-FT. ADIT WAS DRIVEN TO INTERSECT A 2-INCH THICK QUARTZ SEAM, WHICH WAS FOLLOWED DOWN FOR 130 FEET ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): W. SIDE OF CHARLESTON GULCH
References
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO., NEVADA: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 59
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., 1915, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE NATIONAL MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 601
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.
