Hoosac Mine

The Hoosac Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Eureka 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

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Site Name

Primary: Hoosac Mine
Secondary: Lucky Boy

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Uranium

Location

State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Eureka 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
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1872
Discovery Year: 1872
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: Basin And Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Hoosac Fault Zone

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Anamalous Radioactivity Associated W/Alterration Along Shear

Rocks

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ORE SAMPLES ASSAYED .06% EU3O8

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSIT IS UNIQUE IN THAT THE HOST ROCK IS QUARTZITE, THE ORE BODIES WERE LOCALIZED BY INTENSE FRACTURING OF THE BRITTLE QUARTZITE. JASPEROID IS COMMON ALONG THE NEARBY HOOSAC FAULT ZONE. TERTIARY ANDESITE DIKES, RHYOLITE FLOWS, AND IN TRUSIVE BRECCIAS OCCUR NEAR THE MINE (NOLAN 1962 P.71).

Comment (Deposit): WORKED FROM 1872 TO 1882 WHEN 17,292 TONS VALUED AT $158,616 WERE PRODUCED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Location): UTM PRECISION 100M.

Comment (Production): WORKED FROM 1872 TO 1882 WHEN 17,292 TONS ORE VALUED AT $158,616 WERE PRODUCED.

Comment (Deposit): ORE BODIES LOCALIZED BY INTENSE FRACTURING OF BRITTLE QUARTZITE ALONG SHEAR ZONES. ANDMALOUS RADIOACTIVITY NOTED ALONG SHEAR ZONES

References

Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE L.J. (1973) RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURENCES IN NEVADA, NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL 81

Reference (Production): NOLAN, T.B. (1962)

Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R.J., ET AL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO. NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 64

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES (ELY) MILS NO 107, REFERENCE NO 3201100146

Reference (Deposit): NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT NEV., USGS PP. 406

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.