| Deposit ID | 10044780 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M232368 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Bullwacker Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -115.99701, 39.5227 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1932 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Eureka(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Eureka(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Newark Lake(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 | 15 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Hemimorphite | Ore |
| Limonite | Ore |
| Plumbojarosite | Ore |
| Beudantite | Gangue |
| Hydrozincite | Gangue |
| Model code | 72 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 19a |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic replacement |
| Mark3 model number | 47 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -115.99701, 39.5227 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Series Of Small Vertical Faults Cut The Tilted & Domed Beds |
| General form | IRREGULAR, TABULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1876 |
| Year of first production | 1876 |
| District name | Tule Canyon District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M232368 |
ROBERTS ET AL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO. NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 64
U.S.B OF M. (ELY) MILS NO 123, REF NO9 3201100085
NOLAN T.B. (1962) EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, NEV., USGS P.P. 406
MIESCH A.T. & NOLAN T.B.(1958) GOECHEM PROSPECTING STUDIES AT THE BULLWHACKER MINE, USGS BULL 1000-H
NOLAN, T.B., (1962)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | OXIDIZED IRREGULAR REPLACEMENT ORE BODIES AND FISSURES IN LIMESTONE HOST |
| Deposit | THE MINE PRODUCED 4,654 TONS OF ORE VALUED AT $116,069 FROM 1876-1894. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE NORTH SLOPE OF ADAM'S HILL, 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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