Humboldt Lake Area Mining District: Antimony & Lead Rockhounding in Pershing County, Nevada

Plan your visit

Confirm rules before collecting

County

Pershing County

State

Nevada

Nearest road

Reservation Road

Coordinates

40.08056, -118.38712

Coordinates are approximate. Confirm the exact ground in the RockHoundR app, where land overlays show which agency manages the area.

Land & collecting status

Confirm rules before collecting

Land status here is not confirmed. Verify with the managing agency before collecting, federal, state, and tribal rules differ.

Access note: BLM records active mining claims in this area. Collecting from inside an active claim needs the claim holder's permission.

Public-land rules vary by agency, season, and field office. The RockHoundR app pulls live BLM, USFS, NPS, and tribal overlays so you can see exactly which agency manages the ground at this spot.

Best time to visit Humboldt Lake Area Mining District

Comfortable months (45 to 90°F highs)

Best months: February to June. Typical highs run 94°F in midsummer and 43°F in midwinter, with winter lows near 18°F.

Climate normals: NOAA 1991-2020 monthlies, LOVELOCK station (8 mi away), adjusted for elevation.

Geology at Humboldt Lake Area Mining District

This spot sits on Jungo Terrane - Turbiditic, fine-grained, terrigenous clastic rocks, mapped as siliciclastic that formed roughly 225 to 160 million years ago. Sedimentary rock like this erodes unevenly, so the most productive collecting is typically along fresh cuts, badland slopes, and active drainages.

Mapped unit

Jungo Terrane - Turbiditic, fine-grained, terrigenous clastic rocks

Age

225–160 Ma (Late Triassic to Middle Jurassic)

Rock types

siliciclastic

Elevation

4,530 ft

Geologic mapping via Macrostrat and the underlying state geological survey maps (CC BY 4.0). Bedrock at the surface can vary within a mapped unit.

Sources & verification

Spot details combine the public RockHoundR location dataset, normalized mineral labels, agency land-status checks in the app, and community submissions. Coordinates are approximate until verified in the field.

State guidance last verified: April 1, 2026

• BLM Nevada, Recreation
• Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
• Royal Peacock Opal Mine (fee-dig operator)
• Community submissions reviewed against published agency rules