Eldorado Property

Past Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044015
MRDS ID M231330
Record type Site
Current site name Eldorado Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.15262, 40.53629 (WGS84)
Elevation 1786
Relative position 16 MILES SW OF TOWN OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Antler Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031N 043E 29 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • IN LOW HILLS ON EAST SIDE OF MOUTH OF WILLOW CANYON.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Pumpernickel Formation
    Rock description Pumpernickel Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.15262, 40.53629

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thrust Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description N Ne-Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N60E
    Dip 60NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone Brecciation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1960
Discoverer Henry Filippini (?)
Year of first production 1965

Mining district

District name Battle Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Henry Filippini (1960'S) And Lessees
  • Type Owner
    Owner Henry Filippini (1960'S)

Comments on the production information

  • 90 TONS ORE PRODUCED CONTAINING 0.75 OZ/TON AU; 4.9 OZ/TON AG; AND 0.25% CU.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, DRIFT

Comments on development

  • 3 CLAIMS OPERATED INTERMITTENTLY BY LESSEES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 CLAIMS, OWNED IN 1960'S BY HENRY FILIPPINI. PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENT WAS BY A 60-FT VERTICAL SHAFT WITH A SHORT DRIFT TO THE NORTH AT THE BOTTOM. THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN OPERATED INTERMITTENTLY BY LESSEES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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