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Headman Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Manganese, Lead, Zinc
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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. 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. Ownership information
  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 10046486
MRDS ID M241653
Record type Site
Current site name Headman Mine
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Locations #1567, #1715, 1716,, Blue Eagle and Quail Claims, King Midas Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.68806, 37.91107 (WGS84)
Elevation 1661

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ely Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dry Lake 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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001N 065E 28PROJECTED FROM SOUTH Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED AREA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Manganese Critical Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Clay Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Mendha Limestone
    Rock description Mendha Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.68806, 37.91107
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Folding, Fracturing; Numerous Minor Faults Cut Off & Displace Mineralized Zone

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR PODS, LENSES, TABULAR
    Strike FAULT ZONE N35E; 2ND FAULT ZONE N10W
    Dip FAULT ZONE VERTICAL; 2ND FAULT ZONE 70E
  • General form IRREGULAR PODS, LENSES, TABULAR
    Strike FAULT ZONE N35E; 2ND FAULT ZONE N10W
    Dip FAULT ZONE VERTICAL; 2ND FAULT ZONE 70E

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zones And Bedding; Bedding Plane Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Ely Springs (Lone Mountain) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Jacob A. Hyman,
    Home office 3401 Clay St, San Francisco, Ca

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 213.36M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 ADITS AS SHOWN ON MAP IN ADDITION TO SEVERAL SHORT (LESS THAN 10 FT LONG) N-TRENDING DRIFTS. LOWER ADIT HAS ORE CHUTE AND LARGE ORE PILE NEAR ENTRANCE. UPPERMOST ADIT HAS TRAMLINE MAIN ADIT HAS TRACK RUNNING OUT OF PORTAL AND GOOD-SIZED DUMP. IT IS PROBABLY ACCESS FOR HIGHER MINE LEVELS.

Comments on development

  • NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1983 BUT PROPERTY IS PROBABLY STAKED OR PATENTED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BENTZ, J. AND SMITH, P., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, SEPT. 15, 1983.

  • Deposit

    NBMG DISTRICT FILE 172, ITEM 1.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALONG THE FAULT ZONE, ROCKS ARE FOLDED AND FRACTURED. ORANGE-BROWN JASPERY GOSSAN IS DEPOSITED ALONG ZONE AND EXTENDS OUTWARD ALONG BEDDING IN THE LIMESTONE WALLROCKS. IRREGULAR REPLACEMENT PODS AND LENSES ARE PARALLEL TO BEDDING OF SILICIFIED, FE-ALTERED LIMESTONE. GOSSAN IS SLIGHTLY POROUS, SILICEOUS, AND CONTAINS A MIXTURE OF LIMONITE, HEMATITE, FE-OXIDES AND WHITE POWDERY CALCITE. SAMPLE 1715 CONSISTS OF FE-STAINED, OXIDIZED, CALCITE-VEINED LIMESTONE. SAMPLE LOCATION 1716 LIES ABOVE AND NW OF MAIN ADIT HERE, A SINUOUS ADIT EXPLORES A S-DIPPING REPLACEMENT ZONE IN THIN-TO-MEDIUM-BEDDED, GREY LIMESTONE. THE ZONE IS MARKED BY FRACTURING AND ABUNDANT LIMONITE AND GOSSAN. THE ZONE PARALLELS E-W BEDDING, BUT BRECCIATED APPEARANCE INDICATES THAT IT LIES ALONG AN E-W BEDDING PLANE FAULT. ROCK ON DUMP IS RELATIVELY UNSILICIFIED AND ALTERED TO LIMONITE AND CLAY GOUGE. CALCITE CEMENTS BRECCIA. IT LOOKS LIKE TYPICAL AG ORE, I.E. COMPLETELY OXIDIZED AND NO MINERALS OBSERVED OTHER THAN YELLOW
Deposit AND GREEN OXIDES, POSSIBLY AFTER CL, AS, PB OR SB?
Deposit THIS IS NOT THE MINE DESCRIBED AS THE KING MIDAS MINE IN BULL 73, BUT IT IS LARGEST IN DISTRICT AND MUST BE THE MAJOR PRODUCER ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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