Huber Hills/Granite Ridge

The Huber Hills/Granite Ridge is a molybdenum mine located in Elko county, Nevada.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Huber Hills/Granite Ridge

Commodity

Primary: Molybdenum

Location

State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Mountain City

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Porphyry Mo, low-F

Orebody

Form: TABULAR, DISSEMINATED

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Molybdenite
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): MOLYBDENITE OCCURS IN QUARTZ/PYRITE VEINS AND ALSO DISSEMINATED IN QUARTZ MONZONITE

Comment (Workings): ONE ADIT, DRILLING, AND BULLDOZING

Comment (Geology): MOLYBDENITE OCCURS IN QUARTZ/PYRITE VEINS ON GRANITE RIDGE AND HUBER HILL ALSO OCCURS DISSEMINATED IN THE QUARTZ MONZONITE

Comment (Deposit): AT HEAD OF SCHLAG DRAW, DRILLING AND BULLDOZING HAS BEEN DONE EXPLORING FOR MOLYBDENITE. ONE ADIT PRESENT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Development): EXPLORATORY DRILLING AND BULLDOZING HAVE BEEN DONE FOR MOLYBDENUM

Comment (Location): HEAD OF SCHLAG DRAW

References

Reference (Deposit): SCHILLING, J.H., 1962, AN INVENTORY OF MOLYBDENUM OCCURANCES IN NEVADA: NBMG REPT. 2

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R.M., 1976, MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA, U.S.G.S. OPEN FILE REPT. 1976-56

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.