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Maryann Placer, Red Butte Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
41° 2' 39'' North , 118° 27' 47'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
41.04432,-118.46321
GeoHash:
G#: 9r7c2rcsr
GRN:
N28W64
Type:
Mine
Köppen climate type:
BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Imlay171 (2011)50.1km
Humboldt119 (2011)52.2km
Mindat Locality ID:
429926
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:429926:7
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
NBMG Sample Site 2429 Is Nearby


Deposit: Listed As an active placer gold mine in 1980, employing 3 persons in an open pit mine and gravity concentration mill. ; info.src : 1 pub lit; 2 unpub rept; 3 field observ

Deposit type: Placer Au-PGE

Development: Active placer mine in 1980, employing 3 persons. Listed As active continuously 1980-1984 with 6 persons employed in 1983 but none in 1984. Field examination in 1984 revealed no current activity, but lots of excavation, metal building 40ft by 24 ft fairly new, in excellent condition, as well As a wood building in one of the pits a mill site, and a one-pipe rossi retort off the road below the metal building, and a few 10's of lbs of rock had been run through it.

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2 valid minerals.

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Group 1 - Elements
ⓘNative Gold1.AA.05Au
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘCinnabar2.CD.15aHgS

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SSulfur
Sⓘ CinnabarHgS
AuGold
Auⓘ Native GoldAu
HgMercury
Hgⓘ CinnabarHgS

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References

Nevada State Inspector of Mines, (1981), Directory of Nevada Mine Activities During Calendar Year 1980. Also Directories for (1981), 1982, 1983, and 1984.
Jones, R. B. and Papke, K. G., (1984), NBMG Map 84.
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