The Hatch Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 41.83889, -117.57389
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Hatch Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hatch Mine
Secondary: Morning Star Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: National District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Proprietor Of National Hotel
Years: 1911 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1925
Discovery Year: 1925
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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
Model Name: Hot-spring Au-Ag
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: $1 TO $2 /TON ASSAYS IN 1911
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): W. SIDE NATIONAL GULCH; SW PART SEC 27.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S
Comment (Workings): ADIT
Comment (Geology): GEOL.COM: BASALT TUFF CONTAINS PYRITE WHICH CONTAINS LOW VALUES IN GOLD AND SILVER.
Comment (Deposit): 900-FT. LONG ADIT DRIVEN TO INTERSECT NATIONAL VEIN. IT WAS BEING OPERATED IN 1911 BY THE PROPRIETOR OF THE NATIONAL HOTEL. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., 1915, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE NATIONAL MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 601
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT CO., NEV.; NEV. BUR MINES BULL 59
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.
