| Deposit ID | 10044793 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M232383 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Eureka Nevada Tunnel |
| Geographic coordinates: | -115.99673, 39.46799 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2682 |
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 |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| 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 | Hamburg Dolomite | ||||
| Rock description | Hamburg Dolomite | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -115.99673, 39.46799 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | More Abundant Ne Striking Transverse Faults |
| General form | STRATABOUND |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1917 |
| Year of first production | 1917 |
| District name | Eureka District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M232383 |
ROBERTS R.J., ETAL (1967) GELOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO. NEV, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 64
USB OF M (ELY) MILS NO 112, REFERENCE NO 3201100134, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 37.083
NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, USGS PROF PAPER 406
NOLAN, J.B. (1962)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE WAS PRODUCED FROM 1917-23. THE PROSPECT IS SITUATED ALONG THE DUNDERBERG-WINDFALL BELT, ONE OF FIRE MINERALIZED BELTS IN THE DISTRICT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Deposit | REPLACEMENT OREBODIES IN FRACTURED, BRECCIATED ZONES IN DOLOMITE |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1980 | Kirkham, Richard A. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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