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Hannapah Mine

Past Producer in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. Alteration
  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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098590
MRDS ID M231600
Record type Site
Current site name Hannapah Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.92869, 38.12966 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Relative position 2.2 MILES N-NW OF MCKINNEY TANKS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hannapah(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warm Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003N 045E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ADJOINS RICHARDSON PROPERTY ON THE WEST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching, Silicification, Argillization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.92869, 38.12966
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw-Striking Hannapah Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • Width 2.59M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along A N60w Trending Shear Zone.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1902

Mining district

District name Hannapah District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Earl Mayfield And James Mayzie Of Tonopah

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • WEED REPORTED 8.5 FT OF ORE CARRYING 35 OZ/T AG EXPOSED ON THE 250-FT LEVEL (1922)

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO SHAFTS; 250 AND 300 FT DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 74-75

  • Deposit

    KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

  • Deposit

    WEED,W.M.,1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK,VOL. XV, P.1221

  • Reserve-Resource

    WEED, W.H.,1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL.XV, P.1221

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1982 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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