Hasbrouck Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Molybdenum, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044270
MRDS ID M231659
Record type Site
Current site name Hasbrouck Mine
Alternate or previous names July Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.96401, 39.0377 (WGS84)
Elevation 1605
Relative position 0.38 MILES S-SE OF QUARTZ MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Quartz Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gabbs 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 Nye

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Molybdenite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Intense Pyritization, Biotitization, Silicification,Sericitization Of Quartz Porphyry Found In Drill Holes Near Hasbrouck Mine.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.96401, 39.0377

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Ene

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The Base Metal Silver Lies Along A Limestone-Quartz Pegmatite Contact.

Comments on the geologic information

  • WIDE MINERALIZED ZONE HAS LIMESTONE FOOTWALL AND APLITE HANGING WALL AND CONTAINS SEVERAL ORE SHOOTS INCLUDING A 3-FT VEIN OF SHIPPING ORE CONTAINING GALENA AND 5 % CU.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1920

Mining district

District name Lodi District/Quartz Mtn.

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Le Favor, Obie
    Home office Quartz Mountain
    First year 1946
  • Type Owner
    Owner Hoover, Charles
    Home office Fallon, Nv
    First year 1946

Comments on the production information

  • TWO CARS OF GOOD GRADE LEAD-SILVER ORE WERE PRODUCED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 798.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 320 FT VERTICAL SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, VE, 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 95

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) 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

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.