Haystack Mine

The Haystack Mine is a gold mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,482 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Haystack Mine
Secondary: Lone Star
Secondary: Jungo Star
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2848

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Lead

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Haystack 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: Unknown

Ownership

Owner Name: Austin, George B.
Home Office: Jungo
Years: 1936 -

Owner Name: Taylor, Raymond G.
Years: 1936 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1915
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2848 OF QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL CONTAINS 1 % FE, 0.03 % MG, 0.15 % CA, 0.01 % TI, 100 PPM MN, 5 PPM AG, 20 PPM- AU, 70 PPM B, 200 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, +1000 PPM BI,.10 PPM CR, -150 PPM CU, 50 PPM MO, 7 PPM NI, 20 PPM PB, 20 PPM V.

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): ACCESSIBLE BY GOOD BUT DUSTY ROAD NW OF IMLAY.; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = LONG CANYON (1971) 1:24000

Comment (Development): GOLD MINED BETWEEN 1915 AND 1916 WAS TREATED IN A FIVE-STAMP MILL. PROPERTY WAS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY BETWEEN 1929 & 1936 AND THEN WAS TAKEN OVER BY THE JUNGO STAR MINES CO; THIS COMPANY RECOVERED GOLD AND SILVER BETWEEN 1937 AND 1939. PROPERTY WAS INACTIVE AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN 1984.

Comment (Deposit): DEVELOPMENT OF THE MINE IS LIMITED TO A FEW SHALLOW PITS, LATERAL WORKINGS, AND A FEW SHAFTS, 25 TO 70 FT DEEP. GOLD ORE MINED BETWEEN 1915 AND 1916, TREATED IN A FIVE-STAMP MILL. PROPERTY WAS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY BETWEEN 1929 & 1936 THEN WAS TAKEN OVER BY THE JUNGO GOLD STAR MINES CO THAT RECOVERED GOLD AND SILVER BETWEEN 1937 & 1939. QUARTZ VEINS OCCUR IN GRANODIORITE INTRUDED INTO TRIASSIC OR JURASSIC HORNFELS AND PHYLLITES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEINS OCCUR IN GRANODIORITE INTRUDED INTO TRIASSIC OR JURASSIC HORNFELS AND PHYLLITES. GOLD OCCURS AS PODS IN QUARTZ VEINS 1-3 FT WIDE..WORKINGS ARE ALONG A SERIES OF NW SHEARS. MINERALIZATION IN QUARTZ VEINS CONSISTS OF PYRITE, MINOR COPPER, GOLD,SILVER

Comment (Workings): A FEW SHALLOW PITS, LATERAL WORKINGS AND A FEW SHAFTS 25 TO 70 FT DEEP.

Comment (Geology): GOLD OCCURS AS PODS IN QUARTZ VEINS 1 TO 3 FT WIDE.

References

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89

Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, 1936, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: USBM 1C 6902

Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 1984, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION, 14 SEP 84, AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

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.