Hale & Norcross Mine

Past Producer in Storey county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Iron
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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043920
MRDS ID M231224
Record type Site
Current site name Hale & Norcross Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.64989, 39.30351 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position DOWN TOWN VIRGINIA CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Storey(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Virginia City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Carson City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Carson(hydrologic unit)

Carson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Storey

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017N 021E 29 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Propylitization, Oxidation, Pyritization

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Alta Andesite
    Rock description Alta Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.64989, 39.30351

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Regional Dip To Nw Or W
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Depth to bottom 609.6M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Comstock Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1859
Year of first production 1866

Mining district

District name Comstock Lode

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 609.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS, DRIFTS

Comments on development

  • BONANZA STRIKE, MINED TO THE BOTTOM OF THE ORE BODY BY 1870. EXPLORATION BELOW THE 2000-FT. LEVEL WAS GENERALLY UNPRODUCTIVE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    STODDARD, CARL, AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1950

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A BONANZA STRIKE IN THE COMSTOCK'S MIDDLE GROUP, THIS DEPOSIT WAS MINED TO THE BOTTOM OF ITS ORE BODY BY 1870. DEEP SHAFTS AND EXPLORATION BELOW THE 2000-FT LEVEL WERE GENERALLY UNPRODUCTIVE. STAKED IN 1859.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1980 Flynn, Patricia Dodd Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

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