Mine detail: Hoosac Mine

Previously called 'Lucky Boy'

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Location: Eureka County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.43687, -115.98729
dep_id: 10044767
mrds_id: M232352
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Gold
Minor mineral: Lead, Arsenic
Trace mineral: Uranium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
orebody_fm: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
alteration: Anamalous Radioactivity Associated W/Alterration Along Shear
ore_ctrl: Vertical Shear Zone
Reporter: Kirkham, Richard A.
hrock_unit: Eureka Quartzite
hrock_type: Quartzite
Structure: Hoosac Fault Zone
Year first produced: 1872
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1872
References:
  • Deposit:: ROBERTS, R.J., ET AL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO. NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 64
  • Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES (ELY) MILS NO 107, REFERENCE NO 3201100146
  • Deposit:: NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT NEV., USGS PP. 406
  • Deposit:: GARSIDE L.J. (1973) RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURENCES IN NEVADA, NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL 81
  • Production:: NOLAN, T.B. (1962)
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