Mine detail: Hoosac Mine

Previously called 'Lucky Boy'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.43687, -115.98729

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Gold
Secondary:	Lead, Arsenic
Tertiary:	Uranium
Orebody form:	TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1872

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1872

Geology

Host rock:	Eureka Quartzite
Host type:	Quartzite
Structure:	Hoosac Fault Zone
Alteration processes:	Anamalous Radioactivity Associated W/Alterration Along Shear

References

MRDS	M232352
DEP	10044767
Reference	{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)}
Reporter	Kirkham, Richard A.