The Hecla is a copper mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Hecla MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hecla
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Railroad
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faults, Fissures
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Devonian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Copper
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Production): A SMALL PRODUCTION OF COPPER ORE WAS REPORTED, PRIOR TO 1969.
Comment (Development): A SMALL PRODUCTION OF COPPER ORE WAS REPORTED PRIOR TO 1969. PATENTED CLAIM
Comment (Deposit): GOSSAN ZONES OCCUR AT AND ALONG INTERSECTING FISSURES IN THE CARBONATE ROCKS
Comment (Workings): ADITS
Comment (Geology): SOME GOSSAN PRESENT
Comment (Deposit): THE HECLA CLAIM IS LOCATED WEST OF THE SYLVANIA CLAIM AND N OF THE VALLEY VIEW ON THE NORTHERN SLOPED BUNDER HILL. THE CLAIM IS DEVELOPED BY ADITS TO EXPLORE GOSSAN ZONES THAT OCCUR AT AND ALONG INTERSECTING FISSURES IN THE CARBONATE ROCKS: A SMALL PRODUCTION OF COPPER ORE IS REPORTED PRIOR TO 1969. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): 1200' W OF U.S.M.M. 3-110
References
Reference (Deposit): KETNER, K. B., AND SMITH, JR, J. F., 1963, GEOLOGY OF THE RAILROAD MINING DISTRICT, ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA. USGS BULLETIN 1162-B.
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R M, MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY NEVADA, USGS OPEN FILE REPORT, 1976-56
Reference (Production): SMITH, R. M. (1976)
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.
