| Deposit ID | 10044805 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M232399 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Merritt Tunnel |
| Geographic coordinates: | -115.9784, 39.4841 (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)
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 | 019 | 053 | 26 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Hansen Creek Dolomite | ||||
| Rock description | Hansen Creek Dolomite | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -115.9784, 39.4841 |
|---|
| General form | STRATABOUND |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Eureka District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | E. Affranchino Of Eureka |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M232399 |
ROBERTS R.J., ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO. NEV, NEV BUREAU OF MINES BULL 64
U.S.B. OF M. (ELY) MILS NO 118, REF. NO 3201100108
NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, USGS PROF PAPER 406
NOLAN, T.B. (1962)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | GOLD ORE IS LOCALIZED BY BRECCIATED ZONES IN DOLOMITE |
| Deposit | LOCATED IN LOWER NEW YORK CANYON WHICH WAS THE SITE OF THE INITIAL DISCOVERY IN THE DISTRICT. E. AFFRANCHINO OF EUREKA, DID SOME WORK ON THE TUNNEL IN THE EARLY 60'S, BUT THE RELATIVELY SMALL AMOUNTS OF GOLD-RICH ORE APPEAR TO BE UNLIKE THE AG-PB ORE FOUND ELSEWHERE (NOLAN 1962) ; 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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