The Hagan Mine is a gold mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,440 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: 6,440 Feet (1,963 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.32389, -118.16778
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Hagan Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hagan Mine
Secondary: Hoover Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Rochester 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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Post Mineral Shearing & Faulting
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Microcline
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): LODE WAS DISCOVERED AS A RESULT OF DRY PLACER OPERATIONS. LOCATED AT THE APEX OF A THIN ALLUVIAL FAN, THE GRAVEL OF WHICH IS GOLD BEARING. SOME GOLD MINED IN 1917. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Location): SW 1/4, NW 1/4 SEC.4; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = UNIONVILLE (1954) 1:625000
Comment (Development): LODE WAS DISCOVERED AS A RESULT OF DRY PLACER OPERATIONS.. APPARENTLY INACTIVE IN 1984.
Comment (Deposit): THE DEPOSIT IS LOCATED AT THE APEX OF A THIN ALLUVIAL FAN. ORE CONSISTS OF VEINS IN A SMALL PLUG OF RHYOLITE PORPHYRY WHICH HAS INTRUDED
Comment (Geology): ORE CONSISTS OF VEINS IN A SMALL PLUG OF RHYOLITE PORPHYRY WHICH HAS INTRUDED NOW SCHISTOSE LIMERICK GREENSTONE. COARSE GOLD GENERALLY OCCURS EMBEDDED IN MASSES OF LIMONITE THAT HAVE RESULTED FROM OXIDATION OF ARSENOPYRITE. THE HAGAN LODE WAS ONE SOURCE FOR THE PLACER DEPOSITS IN LIMERICK BASIN.
References
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89
Reference (Deposit): KNOPF, A., 1924, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF ROCHESTER DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 762
Reference (Deposit): VIKRE, P.G., 1978, GEOLOGY AND SILVER MINERALIZATION OF THE ROCHESTER DISTRICT, PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA; PH D THESIS STANFORD UNIV.
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H. F., JR., 14 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION OF DISTRICT
Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3
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.
