Humboldt County, Nevada has 152,288 records of mining claims on public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management and 1,048 records of mines listed by the United States Geological Survey (USGS).
Quick Facts
- 152,288 records of mining claims on public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management.
- 25,983 active mining claims
- 126,305 closed mining claims
- 1,048 USGS records of mines in Humboldt County, Nevada.
- Gold , Silver , Copper , Tungsten , and Mercury mines located in Humboldt County, Nevada. See All
Claims Summary
in Humboldt County, Nevada
- 152,288 Total
- 25,983 Active
- 126,305 Closed
Mines Summary
in Humboldt County, Nevada
- 1,048 Total
- 321 Occurrences
- 224 Prospects
- 31 Plants
- 472 Producers
Humboldt County Mine Locations
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Recently Updated Mining Claims
Most recently updated claims in Humboldt.
Mining Claims (BLM)
Humboldt County, Nevada has 152,288 mining claims on public land listed in The Diggings™. Of these claims, 17.06% are active while 82.94% are now closed.
Quick BLM Facts
- 152,288 records of mining claims on public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management.
- 25,983 records of active mining claims
- 126,305 records of closed mining claims
Mine By Disposition
In Humboldt
| COUNTY | Authorized mines |
|---|---|
| closed | 126305 |
| active | 25983 |
Humboldt County, Nevada Trends Overview
January 2021 vs. January 2020
January 2021
January 2020
Net
Change
Opened Claims
0
1
1
100%
Opened Acres
0
20
20.65
100%
Transfered Claims
0
1
1
100%
Transfered Acres
0
20
20.65
100%
Closed Claims
2
0
2
Closed Acres
41
0
41.31
Located Claims
0
1
1
100%
Located Acres
0
20
20.65
100%
Mining Trends
Historic Mining Records (USGS)
Humboldt has 1,048 identified mines listed in The Diggings™. The most commonly listed primary commodities in Humboldt mines are Gold , Silver , and Copper . At the time these mines were surveyed, 321 mines in Humboldt were observed to have ore mineralization in an outcrop, shallow pit, or isolated drill hole—known as an occurance mine.1 Humboldt has 224 prospect mines.2 472 mines were in production at the time the data was entered into USGS records.
Quick USGS Facts
- 1,048 records of mines in Humboldt County, Nevada.
- 224 records of prospects
- 321 records of mineral occurrences of observable ore mineralization.
- 31 records of mining plants
- 472 records of mineral producers
Mine By Disposition
In Humboldt
| COUNTY | Authorized mines |
|---|---|
| Producers | 472 |
| Occurrences | 321 |
| Prospects | 224 |
| Other | 31 |
1 Grade, tonnage, and extent of mineralization for such mines are unspecified.
2 Such mines have some degree of development such as surface trenching, adits, shafts, drill holes, geophysics, geochemistry, or geological mapping to estimate grade and tonnage.
Popular Public Lands & Regions
in Humboldt County, Nevada
Land TypeTotal ClaimsActive ClaimsClosed ClaimsActive AcresTotal MinesProspectsOccurrencesPlantsProducers
Humboldt National Forest
National Forests
2,142
618
1,524
12,399.69
30
5
7
1
17
Black Rock Desert Wilderness
Wilderness Areas
218
31
187
779.80
4
1
2
0
1
Pine Forest Range Wilderness
Wilderness Areas
273
4
269
361.32
12
2
8
0
2
Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation
Indian Lands
39
12
27
247.92
0
0
0
0
0
South Jackson Mountains Wilderness
Wilderness Areas
280
11
269
227.26
33
16
14
0
3
Santa Rosa-Paradise Peak Wilderness
Wilderness Areas
18
5
13
103.30
0
0
0
0
0
North Jackson Mountains Wilderness
Wilderness Areas
135
1
134
20.66
5
0
4
0
1
Calico Mountains Wilderness
Wilderness Areas
463
0
463
0
7
3
3
0
1
Little High Rock Canyon Wilderness
Wilderness Areas
277
0
277
0
0
0
0
0
0
Pahute Peak Wilderness
Wilderness Areas
76
0
76
0
7
3
2
0
2
Top Mining Districts
in Humboldt County, Nevada
StateTotal ClaimsActive ClaimsClosed ClaimsActive AcresTotal MinesProspectsOccurrencesPlantsProducers
Disaster Mining District
Nevada
2,373
2,149
224
43,915.32
27
15
5
0
7
Awakening Mining District
Nevada
1,614
1,350
264
31,275.31
36
9
2
3
22
Bottle Creek Mining District
Nevada
2,009
1,413
596
29,086.31
24
3
3
1
17
Potosi-Getchell Mining District
Nevada
1,360
1,342
18
27,099.31
65
8
13
3
41
Battle Mountain Mining District
Nevada
1,002
996
6
20,605.09
35
6
9
1
19
National Mining District
Nevada
779
696
83
14,002.92
26
1
3
2
20
Sulphur-Black Rock Mining District
Nevada
522
522
0
11,779.22
13
0
1
0
12
Buffalo Mountain Mining District
Nevada
612
570
42
11,776.19
36
8
22
0
6
Poverty Peak Mining District
Nevada
553
501
52
10,320.39
25
7
3
0
15
Iron Point Mining District
Nevada
646
506
140
10,247.91
18
5
9
0
4
Top Owners
in Humboldt County, Nevada
CityStateCategoryInterest RelationshipTotal ClaimsActive ClaimsClosed ClaimsActive Acres
Nevada Gold Mines LLC
Elko
Nevada
Corporation
Claimant
4,997
4,988
9
102,281.62
Sleeper Mining Co.
Reno
Nevada
Corporation
Claimant
2,091
1,905
186
40,377.46
Lithium Nevada Co.
Reno
Nevada
Corporation
Claimant
2,043
1,737
306
35,266.65
Hycroft Resources & Devlopment
Denver
Colorado
Corporation
Claimant
1,208
1,208
0
25,046.62
Pediment Gold LLC
Sparks
Nevada
Corporation
Claimant
3,219
990
2,229
20,304.51
Popular Towns, Cities, Etc.
in Humboldt County, Nevada
CountyStateTotal ClaimsActive ClaimsClosed ClaimsActive AcresTotal MinesProspectsOccurrencesPlantsProducers
Valmy
Humboldt
Nevada
44,892
10,521
34,371
216,910.95
493
47
124
8
314
Golconda
Humboldt
Nevada
32,464
5,495
26,969
112,993.42
320
63
108
12
137
Jungo
Humboldt
Nevada
25,571
5,153
20,418
110,227.27
306
90
58
8
150
Sulphur
Humboldt
Nevada
19,686
4,973
14,713
106,457.21
221
79
37
3
102
Pronto
Humboldt
Nevada
24,694
3,516
21,178
74,559.80
243
50
54
13
126
Orovada
Humboldt
Nevada
19,960
3,503
16,457
73,680.74
119
22
24
7
66
Winnemucca
Humboldt
Nevada
26,202
3,027
23,175
62,597.32
293
52
88
13
140
Paradise Valley
Humboldt
Nevada
15,658
2,266
13,392
46,051.08
143
24
41
5
73
McDermitt
Humboldt
Nevada
14,172
1,444
12,728
29,182.09
73
5
9
2
57
Denio
Humboldt
Nevada
5,368
183
5,185
4,006.26
159
72
48
0
39
Mining Claim News From The Diggings™
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