The Hagan-Hegan Property is a mercury mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,801 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 5,801 Feet (1,768 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 41.37056, -118.33972
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Hagan-Hegan Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hagan-Hegan Property
Secondary: Hagan
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Bottle Creek District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1940
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Hot-spring Hg
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Clay? Alteration Of Volcanics
Rocks
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Geology): A FEW SCATTERED CRYSTALS OF CINNABAR.
Comment (Deposit): DISCOVERED IN 1940 BY W.J. HAGAN AND J. HEGAN. THE PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENT IS A BRANCHING ADIT UNDER 400-FT. LONG, WITH SEVERAL INCLINES AND RAISES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Production): LAST OPERATED 1940; NO ORE STOPED FROM WORKINGS
Comment (Commodity): A FEW SCATTERED CINNABAR CRYSTALS
Comment (Location): JUST SW OF NIEBUHRMINE
Comment (Workings): BRANCHING ADIT, INCLINES, RAISES
References
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H., AND PHOENIX, D.A., 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA; UNIV. NEV. BULL. VOL. 38 NO. 5; GEOL & MIN SER NO 41
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PERSONAL FILES
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, 1963, GENERAL GEOLOGY OF THE JACKSON MOUNTAINS, HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 1141 - D
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, G.W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA: USBM IC 8252
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
