The Hice is a tungsten, lead, and silver mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,900 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 6,900 Feet (2,103 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten, Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 41.65556, -114.66000
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Hice MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hice
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Contact (48)
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1912
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
Not available
Orebody
Form: BRECCIA-FILL
Structure
Type: L
Description: Granodiorite Stock With Assoc. Faults, Fractures
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE PROPERTY IS ON A MINOR RIDGE OF FAULTED (BRECCIATED) AND SLICKENSIDED TERTIARY LAKE BEDS. ABRECCIA COMPOSED OF PALEOZOIC SEDIMENTARY ROCKS (JASPER, BARITE, QUARTZ, CERUSITE) CROPS OUT AT THE UPSTREAM END OF THE RIDGE (10-30 FEET WIDE). THIS MATERIAL CONTAINS 60% PB, 2-3 OZ/TON AU, AND UP TO 240 OZ/TON AG. IN THE OUTCROP THE BRECCIA IS FIRMLY COMENTED, UNDERGROUND IT IS LOOSE AND CRUDELY STRATIFIED. A 130 FT. SHAFT, AND A 300 FT. TUNNED PASSING UNDER THE OUTCROP PENETRATES ONLY TERTIARY LAKE BEDS, THEREFORE, THE CAP OF MINERALIZED BRECCIA ON THE RIDGE CREST APPEARS TO BE A RESULT OF FAULTING, OR, PERHAPS MORE PROBABLY FROM A LANDSLIDE. (SCHRADER, 1935, P 38) (SCHRADER, 1912, P 144-5) THE NEAREST KNOWN SIMILAR DEPOSITS OF THIS TYPE ARE 14 MILES TO THE NW (OLD CONTACT) AT THE HICKEY MINE, (SCHRADER, 1912, P 145) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): BRECCIA CONTAINS 60% PB, 2-3 OZ/T AU, UP TO 240 OZ/TON AG
Comment (Workings): SHAFT, TUNNEL
Comment (Geology): THIS DEPOSIT IS 2 MILES FROM THE GRANODIORITE - PALEOZOIC CONTACT
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R.M. (1976) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR 76-56, P 39-45.
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C. (1935) THE CONTACT MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BUL. 847-A
Reference (Deposit): HOPE, R.A. & COATS, R.R. (1976) PRELIMO 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: USGS BUL. 497.
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.
