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Hi Way Mine

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodity Talc-Soapstone
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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 10046796
MRDS ID M242006
Record type Site
Current site name Hi Way Mine
Alternate or previous names White Eagle No. 1 and No. 2 Claims, Hi-Way Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.74898, 37.47328 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sylvania Mountains(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Last Chance Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring 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 Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005S 038E 27 SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 0.7 MILE BY ROAD NORTH OF NEVADA HIGHWAY 3 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • UNBROKEN ORE IS LT. GRAY TO LT. GREENISH GRAY, FINE-GRAINED AND COMPACT. IN PLACES ORE IS SHEARED TO A WHITE FINE-GRAINED FLAKEY MATERIAL .

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Talc Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Local Chloritization Of Carbonates Adjacent To Ore Bodies; Some Silicification

Analytical data

Result ORE IS TALC WITH MODERATE TO VARIABLE AMOUNTS OF CHLORITE
Result TRACES OF CALCITE AND QUARTZ.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Poleta
    Rock description Poleta
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.74898, 37.47328
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Brecciated Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike E-W
    Dip 40 N
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 121.92M
    Width 18.29M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1931
Discoverer Gertrude And Laurel Dust (White Eagle Claims); Don Clair And Edmeyer (1963)
Year of first production 1945
Year of last production 1966

Mining district

District name Palmetto District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT, 2 SMALL OPEN PITS, LOWER NE-TRENDING ADIT.

Comments on development

  • THE PROPERTY WAS EXPLORED AND MINED INTERMITTENTLY BY LESSEES DURING THE 1940'S AND 1950'S. HI-WAY CLAIM WAS LOCATED IN 1963 AND CLAIR AND MEYER MINED AN ORE BODY PRODUCING 1600 TONS OF COSMETIC-GRADE TALC. MINE IDLE SINCE 1966.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K.G., 1975, NBMG BULL. 84, P. 19

  • Production

    PAPKE, K.G. 1975, P. 17.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A ZONE OF TALCOSE MINERALIZATION CAN BE TRACED FOR 400 FT E-W AT THIS MINE AND A SIMILAR ZONE REAPPEARS AT PROSPECTS 150 AND 375 FT FARTHER WEST. ORE BODIES WERE FORMED BY REPLACEMENT OF QUARTZITE AND CARBONATE ALONG FAULT ZONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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