Rocky Hill Mine

The Rocky Hill Mine is a gold mine located in Washoe county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,039 feet.

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

Name: Rocky Hill Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Washoe

Elevation: 5,039 Feet (1,536 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 39.34861, -119.76306

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Rocky Hill Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Rocky Hill Mine
Secondary: NBMG # 4322 & #4323


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Arsenic


Location

State: Nevada
County: Washoe
District: Galena 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

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: R
Description: Walker Lane Fault System


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Covellite
Gangue: Tourmaline


Comments

Comment (Development): UNKNOWN ; ECON.COM: NONE

Comment (Workings): PRODUCED MINOR GOLD FROM ARSENOPYRITE IN 1907, IN 1924, 66 TONS OF ARSENICAL ORE SHIPPED TO PITTSBURG, CALIF., CONVERTED TO CALCIUM ARSENATE TRENCHES,POSSIBLY CAVED ADIT

Comment (Geology): WHITE VEIN IS POD LIKE WITH SLICKENSIDES OF MANGANESE-OXIDES STAINING. VEIN IS VUGGY CAVITIES CONTAIN CLOTS OF HEMATITE GOSSAN. WALLROCK IS FINE-GRAINED METAVOLCANIC ROCK SOME SPOTTED SCHIST. WALLROCK IS INCLUDED IN SOME VEIN SEGMENTS. NO IDENTIFIABLE METALLIC MINERALS WERE NOTED. NO SCHEELITE WAS SEEN UNDER AN (UV) LAMP.

Comment (Deposit): SUBDIVISION IS EXSPANDING ONTO THE MINE AREA, ACCESS TO MINES IS NOW BLOCKED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT


References

Reference (Deposit): OVERTON, T.D., MINERAL RESOURCES, DOUGLAS, ORMSBY, WASHOE CO, NEV., NBMG BULL 46, 1947

Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H.F., GEOL. AND MINERAL DEP, WASHOE, STOREY CO, NEV. NBMG. BULL 70, 1969

Reference (Deposit): TELLURIDE CLAIMS, GALENA MINING DISTRICT,WASHOECOUNTY, TINGLEY SITE VISIT 7-21-89, NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES).


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.