| Deposit ID | 10044737 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M232314 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Onondaga |
| Geographic coordinates: | -116.25453, 40.56713 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Eureka(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Scotts Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Battle Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Middle Humboldt(hydrologic unit)
Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)
Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)
Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Eureka |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 031N | 051E | 17 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Argentite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | 20 TONS SHIPPED IN 1933 RAN 46 OZ/T AG, TR. AU, 0.6% CU |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Frenchy Creek Volcanics | ||||
| Rock description | Frenchy Creek Volcanics | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -116.25453, 40.56713 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Nw Trending Faults |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1881 |
| Year of first production | 1881 |
| District name | Safford District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Silver Bromide Mining Co |
| First year | 1935 |
| Year | 1933 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1933 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^46 Oz/Ton Ag, 0.6% Cu, Trace Au | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 609.6M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M232314 |
ROBERTS, R.J. ET AL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO., N.B.M. BULL 64
USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 169, REFERENCE NO. 3201100013
EMMONS, W.H. (1910) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN EUREKA, LANDER, & ELKO COS., USGS BULL 408
VANDERBUR W.O. (1938) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN EUREKA CO., USBM 1C. 7022
ROBERTS, R.J. ET AL., (1967)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ABOUT 1000 FEET SOUTHEAST OF THE ZENOLI MINE. MOST PRODUCTION OCCURED FROM 1881 TO 1890. THE SILVER BROMIDE MINING CO. TOOK OVER THE PROPERTY IN 1935. DEVELOPMENT CONSIST S OF SEVERAL ADITS, A SHAFT, AND OTHER WORKINGS TOTALING ABOUT 2,000 FEET (VANDERBURG). THE PROPERTY INCLUDES THE RUBY & MALACHITE CLAIMS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Deposit | 2 VEINS |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1980 | Kirkham, Richard A. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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