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Hice Prospect 9

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodity Tungsten
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045999
MRDS ID M233904
Record type Site
Current site name Hice Prospect 9

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.30393, 40.9277 (WGS84)
Elevation 1884
Relative position NNE OF SILVER ZONE PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Zone Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wendover(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elko(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pilot-Thousand Springs, Nevada, Utah(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
035N 068E 0809 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • N OF RAILROAD TRACKS, W SLOPE OF STEAD

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.30393, 40.9277
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N
    Dip 90

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • 4-SCHEELITE-BEARING QUARTZ VEINS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Proctor (Silver Zone)

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Rare Metals

Comments on the production information

  • 2 SMALL ORE SHIPMENTS MADE, ONE AVERAGING 1.0% WO3, THE OTHER 8.5% WO3

Comments on development

  • MOSTLY UNDEVELOPED; 25 MALLOTS OF ORE WERE SHIPPED (IN 1940'S ?) ONE AVERAGED 1.0% WO3; THE OTHER 8.5% WO3. PROPERTY HAS BEEN INACTIVE SINCE 1945.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS BEAR SCHEELITE
Deposit THE HIRE PROSPECT IS MOSTLY UNDEVELOPED, AND LIES W OF THE RARE METAL TUNGSTEN PROPERTY 3 QUARTZ VEINS STRIKE NORTHERLY OUTCROP ON GRANITE PEDIMENT. TWO SMALL LOTS OF ORE WERE SHIPPED-ONE AVERAGED 1.0% WO3, AND THE OTHER AVERAGED 8.5% WO3 PROPERTY HAS BEEN INACTIVE SINCE 1945. THIS PROPERTY, OR PART OF IT BELONG TO RARE METALS?

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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