Hanlon Mine

The Hanlon Mine is a mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,199 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: Hanlon Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Nye

Elevation: 8,199 Feet (2,499 Meters)

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 38.9625, -117.34000

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Hanlon Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Hanlon Mine
Secondary: Hamlin Mine On Topo Sheet


Commodity

Tertiary: Gold


Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Twin River District


Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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

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Ownership

Owner Name: Hanlon, Walter
Home Office: San Francisco, Ca
Years: 1951 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Toiyabe Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite


Comments

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 1,000 FT LONG ADIT.

Comment (Deposit): ORE PROBABLY IN GOLD-BEARING PYRITIC QUARTZ STRINGERS.


References

Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.

Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E.,1951, NBMG BULL.50 P.186-187.


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.