The Hoyt Mine is a antimony and silver mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,400 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,400 Feet (1,646 Meters)
Commodity: Antimony, Silver
Lat, Long: 39.77167, -117.76472
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Hoyt Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hoyt Mine
Secondary: De Longchamps
Secondary: Coplan
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Bernice 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Mullen, Mona
Home Office: Lawrence
Years: 1963 -
Owner Name: Williams, Hoyt And John
Home Office: Fallon
Production
Year: 1949
Material type: ORE SB
Description: Ap_Grade: ^56% Sb
Year: 1941
Time Period: 1940-1941
Material type: ORE SB AG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^57% Sb, Ag
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification; Sericitization
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Marcasite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): IN HOYT CANYON ABOUT 1 MILE NW OF BERNICE MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION HAS AMOUNTED TO ABOUT $60,000 IN SILVER AND 13 TONS OF ANTIMONY METAL.
Comment (Development): ABOUT $60,000 WORTH OF SILVER ORE WAS TREATED IN THE BERNICE MILL. 1940-1941 PRODUCTION WAS 7 TONS ORE AVG. 57% SB. IN 1949, 16 TONS OF ORE AVG. 56% SB WAS PRODUCED.
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEINS WITH MINOR CALCITE; LOCALLY CRUSHED AND RECEMENTED BY LATER QUARTZ. SMALL PODS AND SINGLE CRYSTALS OF STIBNITE AND TETRAHEDRITE ARE SCATTERED THROUGH THE QUARTZ.
Comment (Workings): 4 ADITS
References
Reference (Production): WILLDEN & SPEED, (1974) P. 62.
Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE, E.F., 1963 ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; N.B.M.G. BULL. 61.
Reference (Deposit): SILLDEN, R. AND R.C. SPEED, 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG. BULL. 83
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C., 1947, CARSON SINK AREA; 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.
