Eureka Property

Occurrence in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045447
MRDS ID M233190
Record type Site
Current site name Eureka Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.83514, 38.53631 (WGS84)
Relative position 40 MILES FROM YERINGTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Grant(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008N 028E 22 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • AT LAPHAM CANYON, EAST FORK WALKER RIVER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result GOUGE: TR-1.96 OZ. AU
Result TR-4.32 OZ. AG
Result GRAB: .46-1.84 OZ. AU
Result .98-1.76 OZ. AG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Granitic Rocks
    Rock description Granitic Rocks

Nearby scientific data

(1) Felsic phaneritic intrusive rocks

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mount Grant District

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner L. Menke, Frank Bovard And Henry Mounts

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 36.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • 50 FOOT SHAFT AND SHORT DRIFT ON THE VEIN, A TUNNEL INTERSECTING VEIN BELOW THE SHAFT AT A DEPTH OF ABOUT 120 FEET, WITH A DRIFT ON THE VEIN ABOUT 400 FEET IN LENGTH.

Comments on development

  • CONSISTS OF 3 CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STOTESBURY, H. W., 1916; UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON EUREKA PROPERTY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GRANITE IS CRUSHED FOR DISTANCE OF ABOUT 3 FEET ON HANGING WALL SIDE OF FAULT PLANE, AND THE VEIN LIES DIRECTLY AGAINST THE FAULT PLANE, AND VARIES IN WIDTH FROM 1-2 FEET. ON NORTH END THE VEIN DIES OUT ON ONE BRANCH OF THE FAULT AND A NARROW STREAK TURNS OFF INTO EAST WALL. SOUTH THE VEIN HAS AVERAGE WIDTH OF 1.5 FEET CUTTING OUT ENTIRELY IN ONE PLACE, BUT SHOWING AGAIN IN FACE OF DRIFT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1981 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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