Son No. 6 Claim

The Son No. 6 Claim is a silver mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,351 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Son No. 6 Claim
Secondary: Vet No. 6 Claim
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2319

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Manganese

Location

State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Gold Run District; Adelaide 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: Decker Exploration
Years: 1983 -

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: Porphyry Mo, low-F

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Shearing

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2319 OF SELECT QUARTZ VEIN MATTER FROM SEVERAL DUMPS CONTAINS 7 % FE, 0.07 % MG, 0.15 % CA, 0.1 % TI, +5000 PPM MN, 200 PPM AG, 100 PPM B, 500 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 5 PPM CO, 50 PPM CR, 1000 PPM CU, 20 PPM MO, 7 PPM NI, 2000 PPM PB, 700 PPM SB, 7 PPM SC, 200 PPM SR, 100 PPM V, 200 PPM W, 20 PPM Y, 5000 PPM ZN, 50 PPM ZR. AA ANALYSIS ALSO SHOWED 0.1 PPM AU.

Materials

Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Workings): 6 OR MORE ADITS, NEARLY ALL CAVED AT PORTAL, WITH MODERATE SIZED DUMPS.

Comment (Deposit): THE ADITS APPEAR TO EXPLORE ONE OR MORE QUARTZ VEINS IN AN IRON-STAINED, SERICITICALLY ALTERED GRANITE PORPHYRY. THE MINERALIZED ZONE CANNOT BE OBSERVED IN MOST OF THE WORKINGS. THERE APPEARS TO BE A N 15 W, 35 NE QUARTZ VEIN WHICH SEVERAL ADITS EXPLORE. A NEARLY FLAT QUARTZ VEIN WAS OBSERVED IN WORKINGS NEAR THE CANYON BOTTOM, BELOW THE MAINLINE OF ADITS. VEIN MATTER ON THE DUMPS CONTAINS IRON-AND MANGANESE-OXIDE MINERALS, SPARSE GREEN OXIDE COPPER MINERALS, CHALCOCITE?, TETRAHEDRITE?, AND PYRITE. QUITE A LOT OF QUARTZ VEIN MATTER IS PRESENT ON THE DUMPS, BUT THERE WERE FEW ECONOMIC MINERALS OBSERVED. THE VEIN QUARTZ IS WHITE, COMMONLY MASSIVE OR CRUSTIFORM, WITH SPARSE DRUSY AREAS. THE MAIN? VEIN QUARTZ OCCURS NEAR THE INTRUSIVE CONTACT WITH CAMBRIAN PREBLE FM SILTSTONE. THE CONTACT IS EXTENSIVELY SHEARED AND THE PORPHYRY IS LOCALLY SHEARED AND BRECCIATED. THE GRANITE PORPHYRY IS LOCALLY APLITIC. A DIKE OF HORNBLENDE-BEARING, CHLORITIZED GRANODIORITE PORPHYRY WAS ALSO

Comment (Deposit): NOTED. CHLORITIZATION IS COMMON IN THE SHEARED CONTACT ZONE. THE AREA WAS REPORTEDLY DRILLED AS A MOLYBDENUM TARGET IN THE 1968-1973 PERIOD; POSSIBLY THIS EXPLORATION WAS CENTERED ON THE GRANITE PORPHYRY.

Comment (Location): BETWEEN GREGG AND GRANITE CANYONS ON EAST SLOPE OF SONOMA RANGE . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Comment (Development): SON NO. 6 CLAIM (1974-GALLI EXPLORATIONS); VET NO. 6 CLAIM (1983-DECKER EXPLORATION)

References

Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION 27 JUL 84, AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL 59.

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.