Haller Property

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc
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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045808
MRDS ID M233640
Record type Site
Current site name Haller Property
Alternate or previous names Haller Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.54198, 38.37301 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Troy Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Quinn Canyon Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hot Creek-Railroad Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006N 057E 14 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • JUST NW OF VANDERHOEF PROPERTY, N OF IRWIN CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation Of Sulfide Minerals

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Troy Peak Pluton
    Rock description Troy Peak Pluton
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Cretaceous
    Chronological age 23
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Prospect Mountain Quartzite
    Rock description Prospect Mountain Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.54198, 38.37301

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault (Trending N85e, Dip 85n) Cuts Off Ore

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding, Favorable Rock Type

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE OCCURS IN SCHISTOSE LIMEY SHALES SEPARATED FROM QUARTZ MONZONITE BY A THIN QUARTZITE BED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Troy District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • SHORT ADIT PLUS FLAT STOPES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, NBMG BULL. 50.

  • Deposit

    HILL, J.M. 1916, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN E. NEVADA: USGS BULL 648, P. 143.

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., (IN PRESS) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE BODY IS A THIN, TABULAR SHEET REPLACEMENT OF SHALE PARALLEL TO BEDDING. CERUSSITE AND ANGLESITE LINE CRACKS IN SULFIDE ORE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-82 La Pointe, D. D. 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

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