The Haywire Prospect is a tungsten mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,451 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,451 Feet (2,576 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 39.15972, -117.24417
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Haywire Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Haywire Prospect
Secondary: Old Mule
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Washington 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
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1955
Material type: W
Description: Ap_Grade: ^Est. To Avg. 1.0 Percent Wo3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Contact Metamorphic
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1952
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Local Bleaching Of Limestone
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): 25-FT. DEEP INCLINED SHAFT (N15W); SHALLOW TRENCH; PITS; ROADWORK (10-20 YRS OLD) IS NEWEST OWRK.
Comment (Location): SCATTERED ON RIDGE NORTH OF WASHINGTON CREEK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Deposit): PROBABLY TACTITE ZONES NEAR IGNEOUS/SEDIMENTARY CONTACTS; FIELD EXAMINATION FOUND QUARTZ VEINS AND VEINLETS
Comment (Geology): BEDDING STRIKES N40W, DIPS 30 SE. BEDS ARE 1-2 FT THICK.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1950'S?
References
Reference (Deposit): NBM BULL., STAGER, H.K. (IN PREP. JAN 1984)
Reference (Deposit): BENTZ, J., 1981, FIELD EXAMINATION, 02 OCTOBER 1981.
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE COUNTY: NBMG BULL. IN PRESS.
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.
