Hancock Mine

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10222579
MAS/MILS ID 0320150202
Record type Site
Current site name Hancock Mine
Alternate or previous names Mickey Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.20624, 40.296 (WGS84)
Elevation 1603

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McCoy(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fish Creek Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(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

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 Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 028 N 042 E 13 W2NESW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.20624, 40.296

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 24M
    Width 24M
    Area 1HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 PIPELIKE
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mc Coy District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Wells Cargo, Inc.
    Interest 100
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1975
  • Type Owner
    Owner W. R. Hancock And Associates
    Interest 100
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1975

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 53-C, 1962, P. 116, FIG. 34-35

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 88, 1977, P. 87

  • Deposit

    MOORE L, 1971, USBM IC 8511 P182-3

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER FC, 1934, USGS CIRC 10

  • Deposit

    SHAWE FR ET AL, 1962, NEV BUR MINES & GEOL BUL 53, P110-6

  • Deposit

    MAP-1973. USGS & NEV BUR MINES & GEOL OPEN-FILE MAP 112

  • Deposit

    MAP-1961, USGS MC COY 15 MINUTE TOPOGRAPHIC QUAD MAP

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-NOV-1984 Nevada Bureau Of Mines And Geology 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

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