The Rocky Hill Mine is a gold mine located in Washoe county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,039 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,039 Feet (1,536 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.34861, -119.76306
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Rocky Hill Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rocky Hill Mine
Secondary: NBMG # 4322 & #4323
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Arsenic
Location
State: Nevada
County: Washoe
District: Galena 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
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Walker Lane Fault System
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Covellite
Gangue: Tourmaline
Comments
Comment (Development): UNKNOWN ; ECON.COM: NONE
Comment (Workings): PRODUCED MINOR GOLD FROM ARSENOPYRITE IN 1907, IN 1924, 66 TONS OF ARSENICAL ORE SHIPPED TO PITTSBURG, CALIF., CONVERTED TO CALCIUM ARSENATE TRENCHES,POSSIBLY CAVED ADIT
Comment (Geology): WHITE VEIN IS POD LIKE WITH SLICKENSIDES OF MANGANESE-OXIDES STAINING. VEIN IS VUGGY CAVITIES CONTAIN CLOTS OF HEMATITE GOSSAN. WALLROCK IS FINE-GRAINED METAVOLCANIC ROCK SOME SPOTTED SCHIST. WALLROCK IS INCLUDED IN SOME VEIN SEGMENTS. NO IDENTIFIABLE METALLIC MINERALS WERE NOTED. NO SCHEELITE WAS SEEN UNDER AN (UV) LAMP.
Comment (Deposit): SUBDIVISION IS EXSPANDING ONTO THE MINE AREA, ACCESS TO MINES IS NOW BLOCKED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): OVERTON, T.D., MINERAL RESOURCES, DOUGLAS, ORMSBY, WASHOE CO, NEV., NBMG BULL 46, 1947
Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H.F., GEOL. AND MINERAL DEP, WASHOE, STOREY CO, NEV. NBMG. BULL 70, 1969
Reference (Deposit): TELLURIDE CLAIMS, GALENA MINING DISTRICT,WASHOECOUNTY, TINGLEY SITE VISIT 7-21-89, NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES).
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.
