The Hazel Mine is a silver, antimony, and lead mine located in Churchill county, Nevada.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Silver, Antimony, Lead
Lat, Long: 39.87139, -118.73278
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Hazel Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hazel Mine
Secondary: James Say
Secondary: August
Secondary: Sayer
Secondary: Green?
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Antimony
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Selenium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Lake 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: Gerald Carter, Carson City, Nv
Years: 1990 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1865
Discovery Year: 1865
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: N50w, Dip 70nw (Tingley)
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: VEIN MATERIAL ON STOCKPILE ASSAYED 3.81% SB AND 0.04% SE.
Materials
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Jamesonite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION FROM MINERAL SURVEY 3446 (AUGUSTA), SEE GENERAL COMMENTS . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Commodity): NO STOCKPILE SEEN ON 1985 VISIT
Comment (Deposit): TINGLEY (NBMG) VISITED THIS SITE IN 1985 AND IDENTIFIED IT BASED ON LAWRENCE'S FIG 6. TINGLEY'S LOCATION APPROXIMATELY MATCHES THE AUGUSTA MINE MINERAL SURVEY DESCRIPTION. THE LOCATION GIVEN BY LAWRENCE IS APPARENTLY INCORRECT. TINGLEY, FREEPORT MACMORAN, AND OTHERS UNSUCCESSFULLY SEARCHED SECTION 9 (TINGLEY, FREEPORT PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS, 1990). SITE LOCATION FOR THIS RECORD TAKEN FROM 7.5' TOPO., BASED ON TINGLEY'S CONFIRMATION OF LOCATION. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Production): SEVERAL CARLOADS OF PB-AG-SB ORE WER PRODUCED IN THE 1860'S, 1870'S AND 1890'S.E; PRODUCTION GIVEN AS ANTIMONY METAL
Comment (Development): SOUTHERN PACIFIC REPORTS DO NOT MENTION THIS SITE. LAWRENCE (1963) REPORTS STOCKPILE AT SITE.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN IS COMPOSED OF GOUGE, CALCITE AND SOME QUARTZ, WITH ANTIMONY OXIDES; MODEL NAME COULD ALSO BE: SIMPLE SB.
Comment (Workings): 2 ADITS, INCLINED SHAFT, SHORT DRIFT AND CRSCUT AT BOTTOM
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1860'S
References
Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F. C.,1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA, NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING COMPANY
Reference (Deposit): LAWRENCE E.F., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 61
Reference (Deposit): AUGUSTA CLAIM, MINERAL SURVEY 3446, BLM MINING CLAIM RECORDS
Reference (Deposit): SAMPLE SITE 2991, LAKE DISTRICT, CHURCHILL COUNTY, NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY)
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R. AND SPEED, R.C., 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL COUNTY, NV, NBMG BULLETIN 83, P77
Reference (Production): LAWRENCE, E.F., (1963) P.35. LAWRENCE'S ORIGINAL SOURCE SOUGHT IN 1990 BUT NOT FOUND.
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.
