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Bull Run

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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  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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045561
MRDS ID M233328
Record type Site
Current site name Bull Run

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.16037, 41.6549 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bull Run Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bull Run Mountains(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 043N 052E 04,05 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Galena Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sulphides Leached Out Of Upper Workings

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.16037, 41.6549
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip 38SE
    Width 1.83M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE QUARTZITE IS SHEETED PARALLEL TO THE VEIN, AND LOCALLY STRATIFICATION PARALLELS THE VEIN, ORE SAID TO CARRY SEVERAL DOLLARS TO THE TON (1910.) A LARGE PROPORTION OF WHICH IS FREE. THE LODE IS DISPLACED BY TWO N.E. TRENDING FAULTS WHICH CAUSE 30 TO 60 FEET OF OFFSET.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1902
Year of first production 1902

Mining district

District name Edgemont

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1609.3M

Comments on development

  • IN 1902, A 10-STAMP AMALGAMATION MILL WAS BUILT NEAR THE LOWEST ADIT, AND WAS LATER CLOSED DUE TO ITS INACCESSIBILITY. ABOUT $120,000 WORTH OF ORE WAS RECOVERED IN 1902-1903 PRIOR TO ITS CLOSURE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH R.M. 71976-56) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV. USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT

  • Deposit

    EMMONS W.H. (1910) RECONNAISSANCE OF ELKO, LANDER, & EUREKA GO.'S USGS BULL 408

  • Deposit

    GRANGER A.E., 71957) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO NEV NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 54

  • Production

    SMITH, R.M., 71976)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FISSURE VEIN, WITH QUARTZITE SHEETED PARALLEL TO VEIN.
Deposit IN 1902 A 10-STAMP, AMALGAMATING MILL WAS BUILT, NEAR THE LOWEST ADIT, LATER CLOSED DUE TO ITS INACCESSABILTY. ABOUT $120,000 WAS RECORDED IN 1902-1903 PRIOR TO CLOSURE. DEVELOPEMENT COMPRISED ABOUT ONE MILE OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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