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Haystack Mine

Producer in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Bismuth, Lead
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042498
MRDS ID M060308
Record type Site
Current site name Haystack Mine
Alternate or previous names Lone Star, Jungo Star, NBMG Sample Site 2848
Related records 10295039

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.40432, 40.80906 (WGS84)
Elevation 1366

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Long Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 034N 032E 20 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ACCESSIBLE BY GOOD BUT DUSTY ROAD NW OF IMLAY.; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = LONG CANYON (1971) 1:24000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2848 OF QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL CONTAINS 1 % FE, 0.03 % MG, 0.15 % CA, 0.01 % TI, 100 PPM MN, 5 PPM AG, 20 PPM- AU, 70 PPM B, 200 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, +1000 PPM BI,.10 PPM CR, -150 PPM CU, 50 PPM MO, 7 PPM NI, 20 PPM PB, 20 PPM V.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.40432, 40.80906
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 30-60
    Width 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GOLD OCCURS AS PODS IN QUARTZ VEINS 1 TO 3 FT WIDE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1915

Mining district

District name Haystack District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Lessee/Operator
    Owner Taylor, Raymond G.
    First year 1936
  • Type Owner
    Owner Austin, George B.
    Home office Jungo
    First year 1936

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 21.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • A FEW SHALLOW PITS, LATERAL WORKINGS AND A FEW SHAFTS 25 TO 70 FT DEEP.

Comments on development

  • GOLD MINED BETWEEN 1915 AND 1916 WAS TREATED IN A FIVE-STAMP MILL. PROPERTY WAS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY BETWEEN 1929 & 1936 AND THEN WAS TAKEN OVER BY THE JUNGO STAR MINES CO; THIS COMPANY RECOVERED GOLD AND SILVER BETWEEN 1937 AND 1939. PROPERTY WAS INACTIVE AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1984.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, 1936, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: USBM 1C 6902

  • Deposit

    QUADE, JACK, 1984, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION, 14 SEP 84, AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEINS OCCUR IN GRANODIORITE INTRUDED INTO TRIASSIC OR JURASSIC HORNFELS AND PHYLLITES. GOLD OCCURS AS PODS IN QUARTZ VEINS 1-3 FT WIDE..WORKINGS ARE ALONG A SERIES OF NW SHEARS. MINERALIZATION IN QUARTZ VEINS CONSISTS OF PYRITE, MINOR COPPER, GOLD,SILVER
Deposit DEVELOPMENT OF THE MINE IS LIMITED TO A FEW SHALLOW PITS, LATERAL WORKINGS, AND A FEW SHAFTS, 25 TO 70 FT DEEP. GOLD ORE MINED BETWEEN 1915 AND 1916, TREATED IN A FIVE-STAMP MILL. PROPERTY WAS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY BETWEEN 1929 & 1936 THEN WAS TAKEN OVER BY THE JUNGO GOLD STAR MINES CO THAT RECOVERED GOLD AND SILVER BETWEEN 1937 & 1939. QUARTZ VEINS OCCUR IN GRANODIORITE INTRUDED INTO TRIASSIC OR JURASSIC HORNFELS AND PHYLLITES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Johnson, Maureen G. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-OCT-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-OCT-1980 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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