Mine detail: Humboldt

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Location: Eureka County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.58213, -116.23036
dep_id: 10044742
mrds_id: M232320
Commodity type: metallic
Trace mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
ore_ctrl: Shear Zone Inandesite Served As Ore Fluid Passage
Reporter: Kirkham, Richard A.
hrock_unit: Frenchy Creek Volcanics
hrock_type: Andesite
References:
  • Deposit:: ROBERTS, R.J. ET AL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO., N.B.M. BULL. 64
  • Deposit:: USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 173, REFERENCE NO. 3201100197
  • Deposit:: EMMONS, W.H. (1910) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN EUREKA, LANDER & ELKO COS., USGS BULL 408
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