Hoyt Mine

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

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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.