The Hunter is a silver and lead mine located in White Pine county, Nevada.
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
Satelite View
MRDS mine locations are often very general, and in some cases are incorrect. Some mine remains have been covered or removed by modern industrial activity or by development of things like housing. The satellite view offers a quick glimpse as to whether the MRDS location corresponds to visible mine remains.
Hunter MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hunter
Secondary: Vulcan
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Hunter
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
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1908
Time Period: 1905-1908
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^30 Oz Ag/Tn 22% Pb 6.4% Cu
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
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Pluton Of Quartz Monzonite And Monzonite
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Lead
Ore: Gold
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS IN THE IRON MOUNTAIN AREA AT THE NORTHERN END OF THE DISTRICT CONSIST OF VERY COMPLEX, IRREGULARLY BEDDED CONTACT METASOMATIC ORES CONTAINING IRON, BERYLLIUM, TUNGSTEN, FLUORITE, COPPER, LEAD, ZINC AND MOLYBDENUM. SOUTHEAST OF CUCHILLO PEAK ARE LEAD-ZINC METASOMATIC AND REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS AND NORTH OF CUCHILLO MOUNTAIN SIMILAR DEPOSITS OF LEAD-COPPER OCCUR. VERY LITTLE GOLD AND SILVER OCCUR IN THE ORE DEPOSITS OF THIS DISTRICT. IN THE CROSS MOUNTAIN AREA FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OCCUR IN VOID FILLING FISSURE VEINS AND JASPEROID-FLUORITE REPLACEMENT MANTOS.
Comment (Production): 1,232 TONS OF SILVER LEAD ORE VALUED AT $62,795 WAS PRODUCED IN 1877
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY 2600 FOOT ADIT, 400 FOOT INCLINE SHAFT, A 250 FOOT VERTICLE SHAFT, AND 3 OR MORE DRIFTS
Comment (Geology): MAIN ORE SHOOT IS 75 FEET LONG, UP TO 30 FEET WIDE.
Comment (Deposit): CRIB SITES AND RECORD NUMBERS WITHIN THIS DISTRICT ARE IRON MOUNTAIN DEPOSITS(W017012) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): LATITUDE-LONGITUDE LOCATION IS THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE DISTRICT. PART OF THE DISTRICT APPEARS ON THE JARALOSA MOUNTAIN 7.5 MINUTE TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE. ADDITIONAL DRAINAGE AREA CODE IS 13020211. THIS DISTRICT EXTENDS FROM NEAR THE SIERRA COUNTY LINE SOUTHWARD FOR ABOUT 16 MILES TO AN AREA SOUTH OF CUCHILLO NEGRO CREEK. IT IS ABOUT 4 OR 5 MILES WIDE AND ENCOMPASSES IRON MOUNTAIN, REILLY PEAK, CUCHILLO MOUNTAIN, CROSS MOUNTAIN AND TWIN PEAKS. ELEVATIONS RANGE FROM 8200 FT AT REILLY PEAK TO 5600 FT IN CUCHILLO CREEK.; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = LAS CRUCES 1:250000
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S
Comment (Geology): PRECAMBRIAN AMPHIBOLITE AND METARHYOLITE ARE EXPOSED IN THE STRUCTURALLY HIGHEST BLOCKS ALONG THE WESTERN FAULT ZONE. PALEOZOIC ROCKS ARE MOSTLY MARINE SEDIMENTS CONSISTING OF DOLOMITES, LIMESTONES, SHALES, SANDSTONES AND SILTSTONES; AND THEY INCLUDE CAMB. BLISS FM, ORD. EL PASO GROUP, ORD. MONTOYA GROUP, SIL. FUSSELMAN FM, DEV. ONATE FM, DEV. PERCHA SHALE, MISS. LAKE VALLEY FM, MISS. KELLY LIMESTONE, PENN. MAGDALENA GROUP, AND PERM. MANZANO GROUP. SOME EROSIONAL REMNANTS OF CRET. MARINE CONGLOMERATES, SHALES, LIMESTONES AND SANDSTONES OVERLIE PERM. ROCKS ALONG THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE RANGE. CENOZOIC ROCKS INCLUDE SILLS, DIKES AND PLUGS OF MONZONITE, APLITE AND GRANITE INTRUDED INTO THE PALEOZOIC ROCKS; AND ALONG THE FLANKS OF THE RANGE ARE FLOWS, TUFFS AND BRECCIAS OF ANDESITE, RHYOLITE, LATITE AND BASALT. SANTA FE FM FORMS THE VALLEY-FILL. TECTONIC SETTING IS CONTINENTAL PLATFORM DISRUPTED BY EXTENSIVE CENOZOIC VULCANISM AND BASIN AND RANGE DEFORMATION.
References
Reference (Deposit): HOSE, BLAKE & SMITH 1976 GEO & MIN RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE CO. NEV., NEV BUREAU OF MINES & GEO BULL 85
Reference (Deposit): HILL, JAMES M, 1916 NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, U.S. GEO BULL 648
Reference (Production): HOSE, 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.
