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Sterling Tunnel

Past Producer in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead
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  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044755
MRDS ID M232338
Record type Site
Current site name Sterling Tunnel

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.98951, 39.47576 (WGS84)
Elevation 2804

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pinto Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Hamilton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Diamond-Monitor Valleys(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 Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019N 053E 34 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM PRECISION 500M

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Hamburg Dolomite
    Rock description Hamburg Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.98951, 39.47576
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Upper Plate Of Diamond Tunnel Thrust

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR TO TABULAR
  • General form IRREGULAR TO TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractured Permeable Zones And Where Faults Intersect Favorable Beds Of Dolomite

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ORE BODIES OCCUR WHERE CHANNEL WAYS SUCH AS FAULTS, FISSURES, BEDDING PLANES AND BRECCIATED ZONES LEAD INTO PERMEABLE BEDS OF DOLOMITE (MASSIVE UNITS THAT WERE "GROUND PREPARED") BY BEING FRACTURED OR SUBJECTED TO SOLUTION CAVITIES. IN SUCH AREA THE ORE MINERALS WERE PRECIPATATED AND LATER OXIDIZED. (NOLAN, 1962)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Eureka District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS R.J., ET AL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 64

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES (ELY) MILS NO. 112, REFERENCE NO 3201100124

  • Deposit

    NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, USGS P.P. 406

  • Production

    ROBERTS, R.J. ET AL, 1967.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OREBODIES OCCUR AS SULFIDE REPLACEMENTS WHERE FAULTS & FRACTURES INTERSECT FAVORABLE DOLOMITE LAYERS
Deposit THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE PROSPECT RIDGE AREA, ONE OF FIVE MINERALIZED BLOCKS IN THE DISTRICT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-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.

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