The Horse Canyon Mine is a mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,359 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: 7,359 Feet (2,243 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.6511, -117.28310
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Horse Canyon Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Horse Canyon Mine
Secondary: Hc Claims
Secondary: Horse Canyon Mercury Mine
Secondary: Lida Claim
Secondary: Mercury Claims
Secondary: Virgin Claims
Secondary: Lucille Claim
Commodity
Tertiary: Mercury
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Jett 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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Snocat Mining Co. Inc. (Mercury Claims)
Info Year: 1990
Owner Name: Jones C. And Mary Jane Zunino (Lida Claim)
Info Year: 1990
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
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
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Geology): AMOMALOUS ARSENIC, GALLIUM.
References
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETIN 99B, 1984, P. 122,
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 8252, 1965, P. 279 AND 296.
Reference (Deposit): 125-126.
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 50, 1951, P. 85.
Reference (Deposit): P. 155 AND 156, SERIES NO. 41, PLATE NO. 5.
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 38, 1944,
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.
