Hunter

The Hunter is a silver and lead mine located in White Pine 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

Name: Hunter  

State:  Nevada

County:  White Pine

Elevation:

Commodity: Silver, Lead

Lat, Long: 39.61667, -114.99999

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Hunter MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Hunter
Secondary: Vulcan


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold


Location

State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Hunter


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

Not available


Production

Year: 1908
Time Period: 1905-1908
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^30 Oz Ag/Tn 22% Pb 6.4% Cu


Deposit

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


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: R
Description: Pluton Of Quartz Monzonite And Monzonite


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Lead
Ore: Gold
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Limonite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS IN THE IRON MOUNTAIN AREA AT THE NORTHERN END OF THE DISTRICT CONSIST OF VERY COMPLEX, IRREGULARLY BEDDED CONTACT METASOMATIC ORES CONTAINING IRON, BERYLLIUM, TUNGSTEN, FLUORITE, COPPER, LEAD, ZINC AND MOLYBDENUM. SOUTHEAST OF CUCHILLO PEAK ARE LEAD-ZINC METASOMATIC AND REPLACEMENT DEPOSITS AND NORTH OF CUCHILLO MOUNTAIN SIMILAR DEPOSITS OF LEAD-COPPER OCCUR. VERY LITTLE GOLD AND SILVER OCCUR IN THE ORE DEPOSITS OF THIS DISTRICT. IN THE CROSS MOUNTAIN AREA FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS OCCUR IN VOID FILLING FISSURE VEINS AND JASPEROID-FLUORITE REPLACEMENT MANTOS.

Comment (Production): 1,232 TONS OF SILVER LEAD ORE VALUED AT $62,795 WAS PRODUCED IN 1877

Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY 2600 FOOT ADIT, 400 FOOT INCLINE SHAFT, A 250 FOOT VERTICLE SHAFT, AND 3 OR MORE DRIFTS

Comment (Geology): MAIN ORE SHOOT IS 75 FEET LONG, UP TO 30 FEET WIDE.

Comment (Deposit): CRIB SITES AND RECORD NUMBERS WITHIN THIS DISTRICT ARE IRON MOUNTAIN DEPOSITS(W017012) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Location): LATITUDE-LONGITUDE LOCATION IS THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE DISTRICT. PART OF THE DISTRICT APPEARS ON THE JARALOSA MOUNTAIN 7.5 MINUTE TOPOGRAPHIC QUADRANGLE. ADDITIONAL DRAINAGE AREA CODE IS 13020211. THIS DISTRICT EXTENDS FROM NEAR THE SIERRA COUNTY LINE SOUTHWARD FOR ABOUT 16 MILES TO AN AREA SOUTH OF CUCHILLO NEGRO CREEK. IT IS ABOUT 4 OR 5 MILES WIDE AND ENCOMPASSES IRON MOUNTAIN, REILLY PEAK, CUCHILLO MOUNTAIN, CROSS MOUNTAIN AND TWIN PEAKS. ELEVATIONS RANGE FROM 8200 FT AT REILLY PEAK TO 5600 FT IN CUCHILLO CREEK.; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = LAS CRUCES 1:250000

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S

Comment (Geology): PRECAMBRIAN AMPHIBOLITE AND METARHYOLITE ARE EXPOSED IN THE STRUCTURALLY HIGHEST BLOCKS ALONG THE WESTERN FAULT ZONE. PALEOZOIC ROCKS ARE MOSTLY MARINE SEDIMENTS CONSISTING OF DOLOMITES, LIMESTONES, SHALES, SANDSTONES AND SILTSTONES; AND THEY INCLUDE CAMB. BLISS FM, ORD. EL PASO GROUP, ORD. MONTOYA GROUP, SIL. FUSSELMAN FM, DEV. ONATE FM, DEV. PERCHA SHALE, MISS. LAKE VALLEY FM, MISS. KELLY LIMESTONE, PENN. MAGDALENA GROUP, AND PERM. MANZANO GROUP. SOME EROSIONAL REMNANTS OF CRET. MARINE CONGLOMERATES, SHALES, LIMESTONES AND SANDSTONES OVERLIE PERM. ROCKS ALONG THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE RANGE. CENOZOIC ROCKS INCLUDE SILLS, DIKES AND PLUGS OF MONZONITE, APLITE AND GRANITE INTRUDED INTO THE PALEOZOIC ROCKS; AND ALONG THE FLANKS OF THE RANGE ARE FLOWS, TUFFS AND BRECCIAS OF ANDESITE, RHYOLITE, LATITE AND BASALT. SANTA FE FM FORMS THE VALLEY-FILL. TECTONIC SETTING IS CONTINENTAL PLATFORM DISRUPTED BY EXTENSIVE CENOZOIC VULCANISM AND BASIN AND RANGE DEFORMATION.


References

Reference (Deposit): HOSE, BLAKE & SMITH 1976 GEO & MIN RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE CO. NEV., NEV BUREAU OF MINES & GEO BULL 85

Reference (Deposit): HILL, JAMES M, 1916 NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, U.S. GEO BULL 648

Reference (Production): HOSE, 1976


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.