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Hoosier Mine

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Gold, Molybdenum
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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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098364
MRDS ID M031111
Record type Site
Current site name Hoosier Mine
Alternate or previous names Van Henry Claim
Related records 10294527

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.49195, 35.80222 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Relative position 4 MILES DUE SW OF GOODSPRINGS, 8 MILES BY ROAD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goodsprings(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mesquite Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ivanpah-Pahrump Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
025S 058E 05 Nevada

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Hydrozincite Ore
Wulfenite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.49195, 35.80222
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Late Normal Fault Dipping East; Another In The Upper Stope Faulting The Ore Zone 3 Feet.

Ore body information

  • Strike N 20 W
    Dip 15 SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia Zone Permeabilities

Comments on the geologic information

  • GALENA FORMS COARSE CRYSTALS OR LENSES IN THE DOLOMITE BRECCIA, IN PLACES IT IS LARGELY ALTERED TO CERUSSITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Goodsprings

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • PRINCIPAL WORKINGS ARE SEVERAL STOPES WITHIN AN AREA 200 BY 300 FT., ACCESSIBLE BY 3 TUNNELS. THE VAN HENRY CLAIM INCLUDES 2 TUNNELS 60 AND 150 FEET LONG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEWETT, 1931 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD,; USGS PROF. PAPER 162 P. 150 - 151 .

  • Deposit

    LONGWELL, C. R.,; PAMPEYAN, E. H.,; BOWYER, B.,; ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO. NEV. BUR MINES BULL. 62 P. 191 .

  • Production

    LONGWELL, ETAL, 1965

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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