Hooker District
Overview
Other Names: Granite Point
County: Pershing
Discovered: 1941
Commodities: tungsten, molybdenum
Comments
The Hooker district is located in the central Selenite Range between Kumiva Peak on the south and Luxor Peak on the north. The Hooker district is sometimes extended to include gypsum mines in the area north of Luxor Peak. The gysum deposits are considered to be in the separate Gerlach district. Washoe County mining records mention a Granite Point district located 6 miles north of Lake Winnemucca that is possibly included in the present Hooker district.
References
Overton, 1947, p. 85; Johnson, 1977, p. 58; Wong, 1982, table 1; Stager and Tingley, 1988, p. 161; Tingley, 1989a, p. 4; Washoe County mining records
Hunter District
Overview
County: White Pine
Discovered: 1871
Organized: 1871
Commodities: lead, copper, silver, gold, uranium
Comments
Situated on the western slope of the northern Egan Range, 10 miles south of Egan Canyon and about 15 miles north of Robinson Summit.
References
Whitehill, 1873, p. 145; Whitehill, 1877, p. 171; Angel, 1881, p. 654; King, 1885, p. 580; Hill, 1912, p. 227; Lincoln, 1923, p. 251; Stoddard, 1932, p. 87; Garside, 1973, p. 108; Hose and others, 1976, p. 54
Huntington Creek District
Overview
County: Eureka, White Pine
Active: 1950
Commodities: copper, zinc, silver
Comments
Located in the vicinity of Diamond Peak on the Eureka-White Pine county line in the northern Diamond Mountains. The district includes the upper drainage of Davis Canyon in Eureka County, on the west side of the mountains, and the area west of Huntington Creek in White Pine County, on the east side of the mountains.
References
Hose and others, 1976, p. 55
Huntoon District
Overview
Other Names: Huntoon Valley area, Hontoon, Van Horn, Vanhorn
County: Mineral
Discovered: 1866
Commodities: gold, silver
Comments
The Huntoon district lies in T3N, R31E along northwestern side of Huntoon Valley on the southeastern flank of the Excelsior Mountains, about 25 miles south of Hawthorne. The district includes the lower slopes of the Excelsior Mountains on the west side of the valley, and the low hills that separate Huntoon Valley from Teels Marsh on the east. This area was included in the historic Van Horn district of DeGroot (1863) southeast of Aurora in the [Excelsior] range of mountains east of Dexter’s Station and nearly due north of the Montgomery district.
References
DeGroot, 1863; Stretch, 1867, p. 36; Lotz, 1934, p. 21; Tingley, 1990, p. 88
