Silver Conner Shaft

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044758
MRDS ID M232341
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Conner Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.99507, 39.47882 (WGS84)
Elevation 2621
Relative position FIVE MILES SOUTHWEST OF EUREKA

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)

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 019N 053E 34 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM PRECISION 500 M.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.99507, 39.47882

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Silver Conner Transverse Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR REPLACEMENTS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractured Permeable Zones, Faults, Fissures

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ORE OCCURS AS IRREGULAR CAVITIES OR CAVES IN CARBONATE, CONNECTED BY SEAMS AND SMALL FISSURES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1877
Year of first production 1877

Mining district

District name Eureka District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 7241.85M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, 3000-FT. ADIT AND SUBSIDIARY WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • WORKED INTERMITTENTLY FROM 1877 TO 1921

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 3201100120

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    NOLAN, T.B. (1962)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRREGULAR CAVITIES OR CAVES IN CARBONATE, CONNECTED BY SEAMS AND SMALL FISSURES
Deposit WORKED FROM 1877 GO 1921 INTERMITTANTLY. 5,937 TONS OF ORE VALUED AT $167,132 WERE PRODUCED. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE CENTRAL PORTION OF PROSPECT RIDGE, ONE OF FIVE MINERALIZED BLOCKS IN THE DISTRICT. DEVELOPEMENT CONSISTS OF THE SHAFT, A 3,000 FT ADIT AND 4 MILES OF SUBSIDIARY WORKINGS. WHICH PROBABLY INCLUDE THE PROSPECT MOUNTAIN TUNNEL, COLORADO TUNNEL & CHICAGO TUNNEL

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.

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.