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Nevada · Humboldt County

A and H Claim

Unconfirmed Gold Mixed Underground / Surface 2 mapped shafts

Key facts

State
Nevada
County
Humboldt
Mining district
Mill City District; Central District
Development status
Occurrence
Mine type
Mixed underground / surface
Primary commodity
Gold
Verification
Unconfirmed

Also known as

  • NBMG Sample Site 2630

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

  • Shaft — documented in 2 source records.
    USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

  • 2 shaft symbols
  • Shaft : Gaskell , 1982
  • Shaft : Gaskell , 1982
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

  • Shaft
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • Shaft
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • USGS MRDS working type: Surface/Underground
  • Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: quartz along the zone, some hematite staining, vein 0.5-1.0 ft wide within shear zone 5-6 ft wide. Old workings are confined to the diorite and to t...
  • MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Surface/Underground · work_type

Verification

Unconfirmed

Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.

Why it's listed

Source records document both underground and surface mining.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Occurrence

Operators / organizations

  • Mert Higgins Investment Corp. (Feb. · Source-reported owner

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • Hematite
  • Quartz
  • Gold
  • commodity:Arsenic
  • commodity:Gold
  • commodity:Lead
  • commodity:Silver
  • Diorite
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  • Hematite
  • Quartz
  • Gold
  • commodity:Arsenic
  • commodity:Gold
  • commodity:Lead
  • commodity:Silver
  • Diorite
  • Hematite
  • Native Gold
  • Quartz
  • Shale

Access & recent conditions

Land
unknown

Community reports

No community field reports yet.

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Sources & evidence

USGS Mineral Resources Data System

Type: Historical mine record

Supports:

  • mine identity
  • development status
  • commodities
  • underground eligibility evidence

USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Type: Historical mapped physical features

Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6

Supports:

  • mapped shaft symbols (2)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 437038

Supports:

  • locality identity
  • reported minerals (9)

A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.

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