Hoyt Mine

Producer in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Antimony, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009274
MRDS ID D002149
Record type Site
Current site name Hoyt Mine
Alternate or previous names De Longchamps, Coplin

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.75095, 39.74991 (WGS84)
Relative position IN HOYT CANYON ON WEST FLANK OF CLAN ALPIN MTNS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Byers Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Edwards Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 022N 037E 14 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Marcasite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Star Peak Form.; Slate, Shales
    Rock description Star Peak Form.; Slate, Shales

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.75095, 39.74991

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS, SINGLE CRYSTALS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bernice Canyon Area

Comments on the production information

  • EST. $60,000 WORTH OF AG ORE MINED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NBMG BULL 83

  • Production

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 61

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1976 Miller, M. H. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.