| Deposit ID | 10044773 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M232359 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Eureka Consolidated |
| Alternate or previous names | Champion and Buckeye |
| Geographic coordinates: | -115.98479, 39.49853 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2256 |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Eureka |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 019N | 053E | 22 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Tellurium Critical | Tertiary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Hematite | Ore |
| Mimetite | Ore |
| Plumbojarosite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Aragonite | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Malachite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Siderite | Gangue |
| Model code | 72 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 19a |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic replacement |
| Mark3 model number | 47 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Eldorado Dolomite | ||||
| Rock description | Eldorado Dolomite | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -115.98479, 39.49853 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Compound Thrust Faults, Perhaps In Front Of Deep Roberts Mountain Thrust Fault To West; Later Block Faulting. |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Complex Faulting |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Depth to bottom | 762M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1873 |
| Year of first production | 1873 |
| District name | Eureka District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Eureka Consolidated Co. (Present) |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 762M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M232359 |
ROBERTS ET AL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO. NEV, N.B. OF M. BULL 64
U.S. BUREAU OF MINES (ELY) MILS NO 119, REFERENCE NO 3201100096
NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, NEV. USGS P.P. 406
CRIB FILE
NOLAN, T.B., (1962)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORE IS REPLACEMENT IN ELDORADO DOLOMITE IN UPPER PLATE OF RUBY HILL THRUST FAULT AT FAULT ZONE. |
| Deposit | THE PROPERTY WAS WORKED FROM 1873 TO 1906 AND OVER 500,000 TONS OF ORE WAS PRODUCED. THE PROPERTY CONTAINS THE CHAMPION & BUCKEYE CLAIMS N THE SOUTH SIDE OF RUBY HILL, THE RICHEST OF FIVE MINERALIZED BLOCKS IN THE DISTRICT. THE EUREKA CONSOLIDATED COMPANY NOW OWNS NUMEROUS OLD MINES AND PROSPECTS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT AND THEREFORE NO LOCATION IS LISTED. WATER IS FOUND AT 2500 FEET. SULFIDE ORE IS LOCATED BELOW THE WATER ZONE IN 5 BELTS OR CLUSTERS; NONE ARE FOUND BELOW THE RUBY HILL THRUST. ; 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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