The Healy Prospect is a silver and gold mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,050 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,050 Feet (1,844 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 39.50889, -117.86667
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Healy Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Healy Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Alpine (Clan Alpine) 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
Owner Name: Dave Healy, W. E. Hoover, And E. R. Bermond Of Fallon
Years: 1947 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1910
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: North-Trending Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Surface Leaching.
Rocks
Name: Rhyodacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyodacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyodacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyodacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Argentite
Gangue: Clay
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): IN FLORENCE CANYON, 1/2 MILE ABOVE MOUTH. 3 MILES NW OF ALPINE. SECTION QUESTIONABLE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): VEIN OPENED BY 2 SHORT ADITS
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZED SHEAR ZONE
Comment (Workings): 2 SHORTS ADITS
Comment (Geology): RHYOLITE IS CLOSELY SHEETED AND CRUSHED
References
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., AND R.C. SPEED; 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL COUNTY, NV; N.B.M.G. BULL 83.
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., 1947, CARSON SINK AREA, NEVADA; U.S.G.S. OPEN-FILE REPORT.
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.
