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Hickey Mine

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Arsenic
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045957
MRDS ID M233857
Record type Site
Current site name Hickey Mine
Alternate or previous names Lead-Silver Mine, Jones Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.78478, 41.78213 (WGS84)
Elevation 1844
Relative position 1 MI. NW OF OLD CONTACT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Contact(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jackpot(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salmon Falls(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 045N 063E 13 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Diopside Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Nontronite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Wollastonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation, Silicification

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 60
USGS model code 18c
Deposit model name Skarn Zn-Pb
Mark3 model number 22

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.78478, 41.78213
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Granodiorite Stock With Assoc. Faults, Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike E-W
    Dip STEEP
    Thickness 45.72M
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intrusive Veins, Granodiorite Contact, Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • N-S TRENDING ALASKITE PORPHYRY DIKES ALSO CUT THE PROPERTY. THE TWO OR MORE E-W TRENDING VEINS ARE MORE OR LESS ASSOCIATED WITH PORPHYRY DIKES OR OTHER INTRUSIONS, NEAR WHICH THERE IS A REPORTED IMPROVEMENT IN QUALITY AND QUANITY OF THE ORE. MINERALIZATION SEEMS TO BE BY REPLACEMENT IN A FAULT BRECCIA. THE PRINCIPAL VEIN IS 3 FEET WIDE AND CONTAINS CHIEFLY CERUSITE ORE, WHICH CARRIES UP TO 92 OZ/TON AG. AU OCCURS IN THE BINOXIDE ORE OF THE SMALLER VEIN AND AVERAGES BUT $4 TO THE TON (SCHRADER, 1912, P 134).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1887
Discoverer T. Gray

Mining district

District name Contact (48)

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hickey, M. F.
    First year 1912

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1910; 1929-30, 600 TONS ORE SHIPPED. ORE AVG. 18% PB; 3% ZN; 1.5% AS; 12 OZ/T AG; AND SOME CU.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on development

  • 4 CLAIMS. SMALL PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1910; MINE IDLE UNTIL 1929-30 WHEN 600 TONS ORE WERE SHIPPED, OF WHICH 45 TONS NETTED $12.00/TON. ORE AVERAGES 18% PB, 3% ZN, 1.5% AS, 12 OZ/T AG, WITH SOME CU.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C. (1935) THE CONTACT MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BUL. 847-A

  • Deposit

    HOPE, R.A. & COATS, R.R. (1976) PRELIM. GEOLOGIC MAP OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR 76-779

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F.C. (1912) A RECONN. OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MT. MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO CO., NEVADA:

  • Production

    SCHRADER, F.C. (1935)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN
Deposit MINE IS LOCATED ON A GROUP OF 4 CLAIMS ABOUT 1 MI. NW OF OLD CONTACT, IN THE CANYON ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE EASTERN SPUR OF ELLEN D. MOUNTAIN., 3/4 MI. N OF THE MAIN CONTACT. DEPOSIT WAS LOCATED IN 1887 BY T. GRAY. SMALL PRODUCTION WAS MADE PRIOR TO 1910. MINE WAS IDLE UNTIL 1929-30, WHEN 600 TONS OF ORE WAS SHIPPED. 45 TONS OF THIS ORE NETTED $12.00/TON. ORE AVERAGES 18% PB, 3% ZN, 1.5% AS AND 12 OZ/TON AG, WITH SOME CU. DEPOSIT IS A N-S QUARTZ VEIN 2-5 FT. WIDE. DEPOSIT IS OPENED TO A DEPTH OF 150 FEET (SCHRADER, 1935, P 30-1). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Weimer, Becky S. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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