Dunderberg

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044775
MRDS ID M232361
Record type Site
Current site name Dunderberg
Alternate or previous names Ruby Dunderberg

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.98062, 39.47715 (WGS84)
Elevation 2365

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 019 053 35 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Plumbojarosite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Dolomite Jasperized Beneath Dunderberg Shale

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Dunderberg Shale
    Rock description Dunderberg Shale
    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) -115.98062, 39.47715

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Abundant Ne Striking Faults

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intersections Of Faults W/Hamburg Dolomite And Proximity To The Overlying, Capping Dunderberg Shale.

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE BODIES ARE IRREGULAR REPLACEMENT IN FRACTURED ZONES ALONG FAULTS AND BENEATHTHE DUNDERBERG SHALE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1873
Year of first production 1873

Mining district

District name Eureka District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on development

  • WORKED FROM 1873 TO 1893

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS,R.S. ET AL, (1967) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO., N.B OF M. BULL 64.

  • Deposit

    USB OF M.(ELY) MILS NO. 112, REF. NO. 3201100123

  • Deposit

    NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, USGS PROF PAPER

  • Production

    NOLAN, T.B.(1962)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REPLACEMENT ORE BODIES IN FRACTURED ZONES ALONG FAULTS WHICH CUT DOLOMITE
Deposit FROM 1873 TO 1893 THE MINE PRODUCED $488,342 WORTH OF ORE. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED ALONG THE DUNDERBERG-WINDFALL BELT, ONE OF FIVE MINERALIZED BLOCKS IN THE DISTRICT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-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

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