The Hoosie Mine is a silica mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,402 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,402 Feet (2,256 Meters)
Commodity: Silica
Lat, Long: 39.43306, -115.95222
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Hoosie Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hoosie Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silica
Location
State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Eureka 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
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: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: STRATIFORM
Structure
Type: R
Description: Hoosac Fault Zone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification Along Fault Zone Forming Jasperoid
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Middle Ordovician
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM PRECISION 100M
Comment (Production): SILICA MINED FOR USE AS A FLUXING MATERIAL
Comment (Deposit): SILICIFIED ZONE ALONG FAULT ZONE
Comment (Geology): SILICA OCCURS AS JASPEROID IN EUREKA QUARTZITE. THE JASPEROID FORMED ALONG THE HOOSAC FAULT IN RESPONSE TO HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY
Comment (Deposit): THE SILICA MINED, WAS USED AS FLUXING MATERIAL. THE DEPOSIT IS SOUTHWEST OF THE EUREKA DISTRICT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R.J., ET AL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO. NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 64
Reference (Deposit): USB OF M (ELY) MILS NO. 107, REF. NO 3201100054
Reference (Deposit): MINOBRAS (1973) NEVADA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, P. 19
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, USGS PROF. PAPER 406
Reference (Production): ROBERTS, R.J. ET-AL., (1967)
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.
