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Hoosie Mine

Past Producer in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodity Silica
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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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044766
MRDS ID M232351
Record type Site
Current site name Hoosie Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.95312, 39.43299 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pinto Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Hamilton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Smoky-Newark Valleys(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 Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018N 053E 13 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM PRECISION 100M

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification Along Fault Zone Forming Jasperoid

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Eureka Quartzite
    Rock description Eureka Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.95312, 39.43299
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Hoosac Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form STRATIFORM

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Of Qtzite W/Impermeable Shales Along Fault.

Comments on the geologic information

  • SILICA OCCURS AS JASPEROID IN EUREKA QUARTZITE. THE JASPEROID FORMED ALONG THE HOOSAC FAULT IN RESPONSE TO HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Eureka District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • SILICA MINED FOR USE AS A FLUXING MATERIAL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R.J., ET AL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO. NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 64

  • Deposit

    USB OF M (ELY) MILS NO. 107, REF. NO 3201100054

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS (1973) NEVADA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, P. 19

  • Deposit

    NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, USGS PROF. PAPER 406

  • Production

    ROBERTS, R.J. ET-AL., (1967)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SILICIFIED ZONE ALONG FAULT ZONE
Deposit THE SILICA MINED, WAS USED AS FLUXING MATERIAL. THE DEPOSIT IS SOUTHWEST OF THE EUREKA DISTRICT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1980 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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