| Deposit ID | 10044772 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M232358 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Eureka Tunnel |
| Geographic coordinates: | -115.99257, 39.47965 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2560 |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Eureka |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 019N | 053E | 34 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Tetrahedrite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Hamburg Dolomite | ||||
| Rock description | Hamburg Dolomite | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -115.99257, 39.47965 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Faults |
| General form | IRREGULAR, PODS, PIPELIKE BODY |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1881 |
| Year of first production | 1880 |
| District name | Eureka District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M232358 |
ROBERTS R.J., ET AL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO. NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 64
U.S. BUREAU OF MINES (ELY) MILS NO. 117, REFERENCE NO. 3201100113
NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA, USGS PP. 406
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | REPLACEMENT ORE BODIES IN POLOMITE LOCALIZED BY BRECCIATED, FRACTURED, FAULTED ZONES |
| Deposit | WORKED FROM 1881 TO 1892, 4,550 TONS OF ORE WORTH $206,308 WERE PRODUCED (NOLAN 1962). THE PROPERTY LIES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PROSPECT RIDGE AREA, ONE OF FIVE MINERALIZED BLOCKS IN THE DISTRICT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1980 | Kirkham, Richard A. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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