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Hatch Mine

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  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. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045106
MRDS ID M232770
Record type Site
Current site name Hatch Mine
Alternate or previous names Morning Star Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.57487, 41.83877 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buckskin Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Quinn River Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(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)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 046N 039E 27 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • W. SIDE NATIONAL GULCH; SW PART SEC 27.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Analytical data

Result $1 TO $2 /TON ASSAYS IN 1911

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 104
USGS model code 25a
Deposit model name Hot-spring Au-Ag
Mark3 model number 45

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.57487, 41.83877
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciation

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.COM: BASALT TUFF CONTAINS PYRITE WHICH CONTAINS LOW VALUES IN GOLD AND SILVER.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1925
Year of first production 1925

Mining district

District name National District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Proprietor Of National Hotel
    First year 1911

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., 1915, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE NATIONAL MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 601

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO., NEV.; NEV. BUR MINES BULL 59

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S
Deposit 900-FT. LONG ADIT DRIVEN TO INTERSECT NATIONAL VEIN. IT WAS BEING OPERATED IN 1911 BY THE PROPRIETOR OF THE NATIONAL HOTEL. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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