Humboldt Mine

The Humboldt Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,161 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Humboldt Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2412

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc

Location

State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Awakening 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: San Mar Mining And Exploration Co;
Home Office: P. O. Box 374, Winnemucca, Nevada 89445
Years: 1985 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1937
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

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Reg.Struct: Mod. Regional Deformation. Fold Axes Trend N-S.

Type: L
Description: Post-Ore Faulting Has Offset Main Vein

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2412 OF MILKY WHITE, FE-STAINED QUARTZ VEIN NATERIAL IN QUARTZOSE PHYLLITE CONTAINS 1.5 % FE, 0.05 % MG, 0.-7 % CA, 0.2 % TI, 300 PPM MN, 10 PPM AG, 3000 PPM AS, 50 PPM B-, 100 PPM BA, 15 PPM CR, 7 PPM CU, 7 PPM NI, 1500 PPM PB, 100 -PPM SR, 15 PPM V, 100 PPM ZR, AND AA ANALYSIS SHOWED 1.2 PPM A-U.

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Workings): VERTICAL SHAFT LOCKED UP; APPEARS TO BE LESS THAN 100 FT DEEP. SMALL STOPE COMES TO SURFACE ON NW SIDE OF SHAFT. S-TOPE IS ABOUT 4-5 FT WIDE, ABOUT 20 FT LONG AT SURFACE. ADIT T-0 SW OF SHAFT IS ABOUT 300 FT LONG; DOOR AT PORTAL WITH LOCK. -ALSO A SERIES OF SMALL PITS ABOVE SHAFT AND ADIT, TRENDING WSW- FROM SHAFT.

Comment (Production): 279,441 TONS ORE FROM DISTRICT (TO 1963)

Comment (Deposit): FE-STAINED MILKY WHITE QUARTZ VEINS IN METASEDIMENTS ONE MOSTLY A QUARTZ-RICH PHYLLITE. ALSO MINOR QUARTZ VEINLET -STOCKWORK PRESENT.

Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1984 BUT SOMEONE HAD BEEN SURVEYING THE OLD WORKINGS RECENTLY. PROPERTY WAS -RESTAKED FEB 10, 1983 BY R. E. MARTIN, UNDER THE NAME OF SAN M-AR MINING AND EXPLORATION CO.

Comment (Geology): GEOL.COM: MAIN QUARTZ VEIN 4 FEET THICK, OFFSET BY FAULTING.

Comment (Deposit): ONE CARLOAD OF ORE SHIPPED JUST PRIOR TO 1938 CONTAINED APPROX. 30 OZ. OF GOLD, FROM THIS MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

References

Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F. C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA

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

Reference (Deposit): CALKINS, F. C., 1938, GOLD DEPOSITS OF SLUMBERING HILLS, NEVADA, U OF NEV. BULL. VOL. 32, NO. 3

Reference (Deposit): JONES, R. B., 1984, FIELD EXAMINATION 8-14-84.

Reference (Production): WILLDEN, R., 1964.

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.