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Bruneau

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045567
MRDS ID M233334
Record type Site
Current site name Bruneau
Alternate or previous names Elko

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.6837, 41.93323 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Table(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jarbidge Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wells(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bruneau(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
047H 056E 29 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Diamond A. Formation;Diamond A. Formation;Diamond A. Formation
    Rock description Diamond A. Formation;Diamond A. Formation;Diamond A. Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.6837, 41.93323
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fissures

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1930
Year of first production 1930

Mining district

District name Gold Basin

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS

Comments on development

  • THE VEINS WERE MINED FROM 1930 TILL 1941, AND A MILL WAS BUILT WHICH PRODUCED GOLD, SILVER & COPPER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, R.M. (1976) MINERAL RES. OF ELKO CO. NV., USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT

  • Deposit

    BUSHNELL K. (1967) GEOLOGY OF THE ROWLAND QUAD, NEV., NV. VUREA OF MINES BULL 67

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FISSURE VEINS
Deposit DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF TWO ADITS. THE VEINS WERE MINED FROM 1930 TILL 1941, AND A MILL WAS BUILT, PRODUCING GOLD, SILVER, COPPER ORE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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