Onondaga

Past Producer in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Lead, Gold, Zinc
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. Production statistics
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044737
MRDS ID M232314
Record type Site
Current site name Onondaga

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.25453, 40.56713 (WGS84)

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031N 051E 17 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Volcanics Widely Propylitized With A Pyrite Halo Around The Mineralized Area

Analytical data

Result 20 TONS SHIPPED IN 1933 RAN 46 OZ/T AG, TR. AU, 0.6% CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Frenchy Creek Volcanics
    Rock description Frenchy Creek Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.25453, 40.56713

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Nw Trending Fault Set In Volcanics

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ORE OCCURS AS SHOOTS IN TWO VEINS, THE PRINCIPLE ONE STRIKES NW, DIPPING STEEPLY SW.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1881
Year of first production 1881

Mining district

District name Safford District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Silver Bromide Mining Co
    First year 1935

Production statistics

  • Year 1933
    Period 1933
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^46 Oz/Ton Ag, 0.6% Cu, Trace Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Copper Copper 1wt-pct
    Ore Silver Silver 1299g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 609.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL ADITS, A SHAFT, AND OTHER WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • MOST PRODUCTION WAS FROM 1881 TO 1890

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R.J. ET AL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO., N.B.M. BULL 64

  • Deposit

    USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 169, REFERENCE NO. 3201100013

  • Deposit

    EMMONS, W.H. (1910) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN EUREKA, LANDER, & ELKO COS., USGS BULL 408

  • Deposit

    VANDERBUR W.O. (1938) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN EUREKA CO., USBM 1C. 7022

  • Production

    ROBERTS, R.J. ET AL., (1967)

General comments

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

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