Getchell Sec 5 Pit

The Getchell Sec 5 Pit is a gold mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,562 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Getchell Sec 5 Pit
Secondary: Getchell Sec 5
Secondary: Marshall Canyon
Secondary: Section 5 Pit

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Mercury

Location

State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Potosi District

Land Status

Land ownership: Unknown
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

Type: Other
Type: Minerals Only
Type: Located Claim

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Firstmiss Gold Inc.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1995
Years: 1995 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Autoclave-Carbon-In-Leach-Merrill-Crowe
Year First Production: 1985
Discovery Year: 1938
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Deposit): THIS PROPERTY IS PART OF THE GETCHELL MINE PROPERTY, FILE 0320130063. NO RESERVE/RESOURCES SUMMARY DATA WILL BE ENTERED INTO THIS FILE. SEE ALSO USGS ID M232752; MINES & RESP. ID 2670145, 2600228

References

Reference (Deposit): AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996, PP. 99, 100.

Reference (Deposit): USGS PROF PAPER 610, 1968, P.182.

Reference (Deposit): USGS PROF PAPER 431, 1964, P.112.

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY, BULL 59, 1964, TB19.

Reference (Deposit): CAVENDER (1963) PHD DISSERTATION UNIV OF CALIF

Reference (Deposit): HOBBS (1948B) PHD DISSERTATION UNIV OF CALIF

Reference (Deposit): 1995/96, NEVADA MINES DIRECTORY, PP. 10, 24.

Reference (Deposit): COMPANIES, P245.

Reference (Deposit): RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY,1967/97, U.S. MINES & MINING

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.