| Deposit ID | 10044807 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M232402 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Orange Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -115.99396, 39.46715 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2621 |
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 |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Hamburg Dolomite | ||||
| Rock description | Hamburg Dolomite | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -115.99396, 39.46715 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Diamond Tunnel Thurst Zone |
| General form | STRATABOUND |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1871 |
| Year of first production | 1871 |
| District name | Eureka District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M232402 |
ROBERTS, R.J., ETAL (1667) GEOLOGY & M INERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO. NEV., NEV. BUERAU OF MINES BULL. 64.
U.S. B OF M (ELY) MILS NO. 112, REF. NO. 3201100129
NOLAN, T.B., (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, USGS PROD PAPER 406.
NOLAN, T.B. (1962)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | REPLACEMENT ORE BODIES ALONG FRACTURED ZONES IN DOLOMITE |
| Deposit | 254 TONS OF ORE WORTH $21,684 WERE PRODUCED FROM 1871-1873. THE MINE IS LOCATED ALONG PROSPECT RIDGE, ONE OF FIVE MINERALICED 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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