Hoosier Mine

The Hoosier Mine is a lead and zinc mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,199 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

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Site Name

Primary: Hoosier Mine
Secondary: Van Henry Claim

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Molybdenum

Location

State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Goodsprings

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

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

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

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic replacement

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: L
Description: Late Normal Fault Dipping East; Another In The Upper Stope Faulting The Ore Zone 3 Feet.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Hydrozincite

Comments

Comment (Workings): PRINCIPAL WORKINGS ARE SEVERAL STOPES WITHIN AN AREA 200 BY 300 FT., ACCESSIBLE BY 3 TUNNELS. THE VAN HENRY CLAIM INCLUDES 2 TUNNELS 60 AND 150 FEET LONG.

Comment (Geology): GALENA FORMS COARSE CRYSTALS OR LENSES IN THE DOLOMITE BRECCIA, IN PLACES IT IS LARGELY ALTERED TO CERUSSITE.

References

Reference (Deposit): HEWETT, 1931 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD,; USGS PROF. PAPER 162 P. 150 - 151 .

Reference (Deposit): LONGWELL, C. R.,; PAMPEYAN, E. H.,; BOWYER, B.,; ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO. NEV. BUR MINES BULL. 62 P. 191 .

Reference (Production): LONGWELL, ETAL, 1965

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.