The Hickey Mine is a lead, silver, and zinc mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,050 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,050 Feet (1,844 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver, Zinc
Lat, Long: 41.78222, -114.78389
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Hickey Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hickey Mine
Secondary: Lead-Silver Mine
Secondary: Jones Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Contact (48)
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Hickey, M. F.
Years: 1912 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1887
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Snake River Plain
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Skarn Zn-Pb
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Granodiorite Stock With Assoc. Faults, Fractures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation, Silicification
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Argentite
Gangue: Diopside
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Wollastonite
Gangue: Nontronite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Sericite
Comments
Comment (Geology): N-S TRENDING ALASKITE PORPHYRY DIKES ALSO CUT THE PROPERTY. THE TWO OR MORE E-W TRENDING VEINS ARE MORE OR LESS ASSOCIATED WITH PORPHYRY DIKES OR OTHER INTRUSIONS, NEAR WHICH THERE IS A REPORTED IMPROVEMENT IN QUALITY AND QUANITY OF THE ORE. MINERALIZATION SEEMS TO BE BY REPLACEMENT IN A FAULT BRECCIA. THE PRINCIPAL VEIN IS 3 FEET WIDE AND CONTAINS CHIEFLY CERUSITE ORE, WHICH CARRIES UP TO 92 OZ/TON AG. AU OCCURS IN THE BINOXIDE ORE OF THE SMALLER VEIN AND AVERAGES BUT $4 TO THE TON (SCHRADER, 1912, P 134).
Comment (Deposit): MINE IS LOCATED ON A GROUP OF 4 CLAIMS ABOUT 1 MI. NW OF OLD CONTACT, IN THE CANYON ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE EASTERN SPUR OF ELLEN D. MOUNTAIN., 3/4 MI. N OF THE MAIN CONTACT. DEPOSIT WAS LOCATED IN 1887 BY T. GRAY. SMALL PRODUCTION WAS MADE PRIOR TO 1910. MINE WAS IDLE UNTIL 1929-30, WHEN 600 TONS OF ORE WAS SHIPPED. 45 TONS OF THIS ORE NETTED $12.00/TON. ORE AVERAGES 18% PB, 3% ZN, 1.5% AS AND 12 OZ/TON AG, WITH SOME CU. DEPOSIT IS A N-S QUARTZ VEIN 2-5 FT. WIDE. DEPOSIT IS OPENED TO A DEPTH OF 150 FEET (SCHRADER, 1935, P 30-1). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Production): SMALL PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1910; 1929-30, 600 TONS ORE SHIPPED. ORE AVG. 18% PB; 3% ZN; 1.5% AS; 12 OZ/T AG; AND SOME CU.
Comment (Development): 4 CLAIMS. SMALL PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1910; MINE IDLE UNTIL 1929-30 WHEN 600 TONS ORE WERE SHIPPED, OF WHICH 45 TONS NETTED $12.00/TON. ORE AVERAGES 18% PB, 3% ZN, 1.5% AS, 12 OZ/T AG, WITH SOME CU.
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEIN
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C. (1935) THE CONTACT MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BUL. 847-A
Reference (Deposit): HOPE, R.A. & COATS, R.R. (1976) PRELIM. GEOLOGIC MAP OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR 76-779
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C. (1912) A RECONN. OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MT. MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO CO., NEVADA:
Reference (Production): SCHRADER, F.C. (1935)
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.
