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Hecla Mine

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodity Silver
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  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. Alteration
  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. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037531
MRDS ID M035468
Record type Site
Current site name Hecla Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.1015, 38.15132 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Relative position SUMMIT CANDELARIA MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Candelaria(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003N 035E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EST. LOCATION HECLA SHAFT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bindheimite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.1015, 38.15132
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 50 E
    Dip 70 NW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1939

Mining district

District name Candelaria

Comments on the production information

  • CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION UNKNOWN

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT AND ADIT WITH ASSOCIATED SURFACE WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAGE, B. M., 1959 , GEOLOGY OF THE CANDELARIA MINING DISTRICT, MINERAL CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 56

  • Production

    PAGE ( F1 )

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS PARRALLEL WITH STRIKE OF COUNTRY ROCK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1978 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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