Mine detail: Hoosie Mine

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Location: Eureka County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.43299, -115.95312
dep_id: 10044766
mrds_id: M232351
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silica
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Quartz
orebody_fm: STRATIFORM
alteration: Silicification Along Fault Zone Forming Jasperoid
ore_ctrl: Contact Of Qtzite W/Impermeable Shales Along Fault.
Reporter: Kirkham, Richard A.
hrock_unit: Eureka Quartzite
hrock_type: Quartzite
Structure: Hoosac Fault Zone
References:
  • Deposit:: ROBERTS, R.J., ET AL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO. NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 64
  • Deposit:: USB OF M (ELY) MILS NO. 107, REF. NO 3201100054
  • Deposit:: MINOBRAS (1973) NEVADA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, P. 19
  • Deposit:: NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, USGS PROF. PAPER 406
  • Production:: ROBERTS, R.J. ET-AL., (1967)
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