Hat lease
Goldfield Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
The Hat Lease sits just east of the small town of Goldfield on US 95.
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Goldfield and the associated mining district is a former gold rush boomtown from the early 20th century, worked between 1903 and 1940.
The Hat Lease site specifically is known for pieces of hematite with an iridescent coating; these are sometimes labelled as turgite but this is a trade name and ideally shouldn’t be used.
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We may have specimens from specific locales around Nevada including:
Nevada- Anacondas Yerington open pit, Yerington, Yerington Mining District, Singatse Range, Lyon County, Nevada, USA
- Driscoll Mine, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
- Hall Molybdenum Mine, Reveille Mining District, Reveille Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
- Hat lease, Goldfield Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
- Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
- Morey Mine, Morey Mining District, Hot Creek Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
- Virgin Valley, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
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