The Hooper Mine is a tungsten mine located in Mineral county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Hooper Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hooper Mine
Secondary: Primrose
Secondary: Ajax
Secondary: Moore Lease
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Regent 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
Not available
Production
Year: 1944
Time Period: 1937-1944
Material type: W
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Avg 0.5 Percent Wo3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: W skarn
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT IN LIMESTONE BED IN HORNFELS. SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET FROM THE NEAREST GRANITE CONTACT.
Comment (Deposit): THE HOOPER NO. 2 SHAFT IS AN INCLINED SHAFT 110 FT DEEP WITH A 140 FT DRIFT AND SHORT WINZE. THE HOOPER NO. 1 SHAFT IS 100 FT DEEP WITH A 200 FT DRIFT AND EXTENSIVE STOPES BETWEEN DRIFT AND SURFACE
Comment (Workings): 110-FOOT INCLINED SHAFT, 140-FOOT DRIFT AND SHORT WINZE
Comment (Location): ESTIMATED LOCATION
References
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, D. C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS IN MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 58
Reference (Deposit): STOPPER, ROBERT & KRAUSKOPF, K. B., JUNE 1944, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS NEAR RAWHIDE, MINERAL CO., NEVADA; UNPUBLISHED REPORT
Reference (Deposit): NBM BULL, STAGER, H.K (IN PREP. JAN 1984)
Reference (Production): NBM.BULL, STAGER, H.K (IN PREP. JAN. 1984)
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.
