Hice

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

Name: Hice  

State:  Nevada

County:  Elko

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

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.