| Deposit ID | 10045155 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M232829 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Mint Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Burner Hill Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -116.65066, 41.46378 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Elko(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Burner Hills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Tuscarora(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
South Fork Owyhee(hydrologic unit)
Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)
Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(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 | Elko |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 041N | 047E | 12 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Arsenopyrite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 150 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 25c |
| Deposit model name | Epithermal vein, Comstock |
| Mark3 model number | 16 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite |
| (1) | Basin Assemblage - Shale, chert, quartzite, greenstone, and limestone |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N25E |
| Dip | 55SE |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1885 |
| Year of first production | 1885 |
| District name | Burner Hills |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M232829 |
EMMONS, W.H.,(1910) SOME MINING CAMPS IN ELKO, COMFER, EUREKA CO., NV., USGS BULL 408
SMITH, ROSCOE. M.(1976) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO., NEVADA, U.S.G.S. OPEN FILE REPORT 1976-56
HOPE, R.A., & COATS, R.C., (1976) PRELIM. GEOL. MAP ELKO CO., U.S.G.S. OPEN FILEMAP 76-77
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1880'S |
| Deposit | VEIN; BRECCIATED FAULT ZONE; SULFIDES RE-CEMENTED WITH LATER QUARTZ |
| Deposit | FIRST OPERATED IN 1880'S, WORK SUSPENDED IN 1893, SOME EXPLORATION WORK DONE IN 1960'S-EARLY 1970'S ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1979 | Tingley, J.V. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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