The Hannapah Mine is a silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,601 feet.
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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: 6,601 Feet (2,012 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 38.12972, -116.92778
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Hannapah Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hannapah Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Hannapah District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Earl Mayfield And James Mayzie Of Tonopah
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1902
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Monitor Peak
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Nw-Striking Hannapah Fault Zone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching, Silicification, Argillization
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): ADJOINS RICHARDSON PROPERTY ON THE WEST.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): WEED REPORTED 8.5 FT OF ORE CARRYING 35 OZ/T AG EXPOSED ON THE 250-FT LEVEL (1922)
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF TWO SHAFTS; 250 AND 300 FT DEEP.
References
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 74-75
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN, IN PRESS.
Reference (Deposit): WEED,W.M.,1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK,VOL. XV, P.1221
Reference (Reserve-Resource): WEED, W.H.,1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL.XV, P.1221
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.
