Hagan Mine

The Hagan Mine is a gold mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,440 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Hagan Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Pershing

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

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.