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Rogers Tunnel

Past Producer in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, 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. 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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044759
MRDS ID M232342
Record type Site
Current site name Rogers Tunnel

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.98646, 39.49992 (WGS84)
Elevation 2237

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 22 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM PRECISION 500 M

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Magnetite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Thulite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sediments Cak-Silicated

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Hamburg Dolomite
    Rock description Hamburg Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.98646, 39.49992
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Zones; Intrusive Contact

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Proximity To Intrusive Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ORE OCCURS AS A MASSIVE SULFIDE-GARNET SKARN, WHICH REPLACED THE DOLOMITE OUTWARD FROM THE QUARTZ DIORITE STOCK. THE STOCK WAS DATED AS 62 + 12 MILLION YEARS (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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO., NEV. BAREAU OF MINES BULL 64

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES (ELY) MILS NO 119, REFERENCE NO. 3201100099

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    NOLAN, T.B. (1962)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE PROSPECT IS SITUATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF RUBY HILL, IT WAS ONE OF THE FEW WORKINGS EXPLORING SKARNS.
Deposit MASSIVE SULFIDE-GARNET SKARN REPLACING DOLOMITE OUTWARD FROM A QUARTZ-DIORITE STOCK

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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