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Nevada · Nye County

Happy Hooligan Mine

Unconfirmed Gold Underground 1 mapped shaft 4 mapped adits

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Key facts

State
Nevada
County
Nye
Mining district
Bullfrog District
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Underground
Primary commodity
Gold
Verification
Unconfirmed

Also known as

  • Happy Hooligan, Patootse, Hooligan Mine

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Mindat locality description

Ore(s): Along The Contact Of Limestone And Basalt.

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Additional documented workings

  • Adit — documented in 4 source records.
    USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
  • Shaft — documented in 1 source record.
    USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

  • 1 shaft symbol
  • 4 adit symbols
  • Shaft : Daylight Pass , 1988
  • Adit : Bullfrog , 1954
  • Adit : Bullfrog , 1954
  • Adit : Daylight Pass , 1988
  • Adit : Bullfrog , 1954
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

  • Adit
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • Adit
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • Adit
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • Adit
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • Shaft
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
  • MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Underground · oper_type

Verification

Unconfirmed

Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.

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Why it's listed

USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Past Producer

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • Basalt
  • commodity:Gold
  • Limestone
  • Native Gold

Access & recent conditions

Land
unknown

Community reports

No community field reports yet.

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Sources & evidence

USGS Mineral Resources Data System

Type: Historical mine record

Supports:

  • mine identity
  • development status
  • commodities
  • underground eligibility evidence

USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Type: Historical mapped physical features

Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6

Supports:

  • mapped shaft symbols (1)
  • mapped adit symbols (4)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 432946

Supports:

  • locality identity
  • reported minerals (4)

A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.

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