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Chicago Tunnel

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044790
MRDS ID M232379
Record type Site
Current site name Chicago Tunnel

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.99507, 39.47687 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256

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 019N 053E 34 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM PRECISION 500 M

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Eldorado Dolomite
    Rock description Eldorado Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.99507, 39.47687
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Silver Conner Normal Fault Served As Ore Channelway

Ore body information

  • General form STRATABOUND

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Favorable Permeable Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Eureka District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    USB OF M (ELY) MILS NO 112, REF. NO 3201100119

  • Deposit

    NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, USGS PROF PAPER 406

  • Production

    NOLAN, T.B. (1962)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE LOCALIZED AS REPLACEMENTS ALONG FAVORABLE PERMEABLE HORIZONS
Deposit THE PROSPECT IS SITUATED ALONG THE PROSPECT RIDGE GROUP OF DEPOSITS, ONE OF FIRE MINERALIZED BLOCKS IN THE DISTRICT. MAY ACTUALLY BE PART OF THE SILVER CONNER MINE? ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

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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Authoritative Nevada resources

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