Hanlon Mine

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044389
MRDS ID M231801
Record type Site
Current site name Hanlon Mine
Alternate or previous names Hamlin Mine On Topo Sheet

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.34093, 38.96242 (WGS84)
Elevation 2499
Relative position IN CRANE CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

South Toiyabe Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Reese(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Nye

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.34093, 38.96242

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • In The Golconda (?) Thrust Plate

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Twin River District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hanlon, Walter
    Home office San Francisco, Ca
    First year 1951

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 1,000 FT LONG ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E.,1951, NBMG BULL.50 P.186-187.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE PROBABLY IN GOLD-BEARING PYRITIC QUARTZ STRINGERS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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.