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Hooper Mine

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodity Tungsten
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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. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045435
MRDS ID M233166
Record type Site
Current site name Hooper Mine
Alternate or previous names Primrose, Ajax, Moore Lease

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.32874, 39.00074 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Kasock Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fallon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Reno(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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013N 032E 12,13 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ESTIMATED LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 42
USGS model code 14a
Deposit model name W skarn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Granitic Rocks
    Rock description Granitic Rocks
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels
    Rock unit name Excelsior
    Rock description Excelsior

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.32874, 39.00074
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N40E
    Dip 60S
    Thickness 3.05M

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IN LIMESTONE BED IN HORNFELS. SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET FROM THE NEAREST GRANITE CONTACT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Regent District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1944
    Period 1937-1944
    Material W
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Avg 0.5 Percent Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Wo3 Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • 110-FOOT INCLINED SHAFT, 140-FOOT DRIFT AND SHORT WINZE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, D. C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58

  • Deposit

    STOPPER, ROBERT & KRAUSKOPF, K. B., JUNE 1944, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS NEAR RAWHIDE, MINERAL CO., NEVADA; UNPUBLISHED REPORT

  • Deposit

    NBM BULL, STAGER, H.K (IN PREP. JAN 1984)

  • Production

    NBM.BULL, STAGER, H.K (IN PREP. JAN. 1984)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE HOOPER NO. 2 SHAFT IS AN INCLINED SHAFT 110 FT DEEP WITH A 140 FT DRIFT AND SHORT WINZE. THE HOOPER NO. 1 SHAFT IS 100 FT DEEP WITH A 200 FT DRIFT AND EXTENSIVE STOPES BETWEEN DRIFT AND SURFACE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-JAN-1984 Blaskowski, Michael J. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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