The Headman Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,449 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,449 Feet (1,661 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 37.91111, -114.68722
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Headman Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Headman Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Locations #1567, #1715, 1716,
Secondary: Blue Eagle and Quail Claims
Secondary: King Midas Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Manganese
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Ely Springs (Lone Mountain) 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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Jacob A. Hyman,
Home Office: 3401 Clay St, San Francisco, Ca
Production
Not available
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
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR PODS, LENSES, TABULAR
Form: IRREGULAR PODS, LENSES, TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Folding, Fracturing; Numerous Minor Faults Cut Off & Displace Mineralized Zone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Clay
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ALONG THE FAULT ZONE, ROCKS ARE FOLDED AND FRACTURED. ORANGE-BROWN JASPERY GOSSAN IS DEPOSITED ALONG ZONE AND EXTENDS OUTWARD ALONG BEDDING IN THE LIMESTONE WALLROCKS. IRREGULAR REPLACEMENT PODS AND LENSES ARE PARALLEL TO BEDDING OF SILICIFIED, FE-ALTERED LIMESTONE. GOSSAN IS SLIGHTLY POROUS, SILICEOUS, AND CONTAINS A MIXTURE OF LIMONITE, HEMATITE, FE-OXIDES AND WHITE POWDERY CALCITE. SAMPLE 1715 CONSISTS OF FE-STAINED, OXIDIZED, CALCITE-VEINED LIMESTONE. SAMPLE LOCATION 1716 LIES ABOVE AND NW OF MAIN ADIT HERE, A SINUOUS ADIT EXPLORES A S-DIPPING REPLACEMENT ZONE IN THIN-TO-MEDIUM-BEDDED, GREY LIMESTONE. THE ZONE IS MARKED BY FRACTURING AND ABUNDANT LIMONITE AND GOSSAN. THE ZONE PARALLELS E-W BEDDING, BUT BRECCIATED APPEARANCE INDICATES THAT IT LIES ALONG AN E-W BEDDING PLANE FAULT. ROCK ON DUMP IS RELATIVELY UNSILICIFIED AND ALTERED TO LIMONITE AND CLAY GOUGE. CALCITE CEMENTS BRECCIA. IT LOOKS LIKE TYPICAL AG ORE, I.E. COMPLETELY OXIDIZED AND NO MINERALS OBSERVED OTHER THAN YELLOW
Comment (Deposit): AND GREEN OXIDES, POSSIBLY AFTER CL, AS, PB OR SB?
Comment (Workings): 3 ADITS AS SHOWN ON MAP IN ADDITION TO SEVERAL SHORT (LESS THAN 10 FT LONG) N-TRENDING DRIFTS. LOWER ADIT HAS ORE CHUTE AND LARGE ORE PILE NEAR ENTRANCE. UPPERMOST ADIT HAS TRAMLINE MAIN ADIT HAS TRACK RUNNING OUT OF PORTAL AND GOOD-SIZED DUMP. IT IS PROBABLY ACCESS FOR HIGHER MINE LEVELS.
Comment (Deposit): THIS IS NOT THE MINE DESCRIBED AS THE KING MIDAS MINE IN BULL 73, BUT IT IS LARGEST IN DISTRICT AND MUST BE THE MAJOR PRODUCER ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED AREA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
Comment (Development): NO ACTIVITY AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1983 BUT PROPERTY IS PROBABLY STAKED OR PATENTED
References
Reference (Deposit): BENTZ, J. AND SMITH, P., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, SEPT. 15, 1983.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG DISTRICT FILE 172, ITEM 1.
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.
