Green No. 5 Claim

The Green No. 5 Claim is a copper mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,518 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Green No. 5 Claim  

State:  Nevada

County:  Humboldt

Elevation: 5,518 Feet (1,682 Meters)

Commodity: Copper

Lat, Long: 40.905, -117.39667

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Green No. 5 Claim MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Green No. 5 Claim


Commodity

Primary: Copper


Location

State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Golconda 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

Owner Name: Ray Mead, Ocean Shores, Wa
Years: 1981 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic veins


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Chert
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Workings): ONE ADIT, SEVERAL BULLDOZER CUTS, ONE DRILL HOLE

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY IN 1984

Comment (Deposit): OXIDE COPPER MINERALS, LIMONITE GOSSAN AND QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL OCCUR ALONG A LOW-ANGLE FAULT (NEARLY HORIZONTAL). PROPERTY IS MUCH LIKETHOSE DESCRIBED IN SECS. 17 AND 19.


References

Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION, 20 JUNE 1984.

Reference (Deposit): USGS, 1974, MAP GQ-1174


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.