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Eureka Property

Occurrence in Nye county in Nevada, United States with commodity Gold
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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. 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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045800
MRDS ID M233631
Record type Site
Current site name Eureka Property
Alternate or previous names Eureka, North Star No. 1, North Star No. 2, North Star No. 3 Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.02398, 38.70382 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nye(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Round Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ione Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Big Smoky Valley(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 Nye

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 010N 044E 22,23,26,27 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 2.5 MILES E OF TOWN OF ROUND MOUNTAIN (EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN) ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ASSAY - TR. AU, 0.32 OZ/T AG

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Talc Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.02398, 38.70382
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Width 0.55M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Of Granular Rhyolite With A Fine-Grained Rhyolite

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE IS FINE-GRAINED QUARTZ WITH "TALC" AND PURPLE FLUORITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Mr. Mcgibbons And Mr. George Foley

Mining district

District name Round Mountain

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mr. Mcgibbons And Mr. George Foley Of Round Mountain
    First year 1920

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 TUNNELS ON EUREKA CLAIM, ONE 20 FT AND ONE 100 FT LONG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARPER, A.F., 1920, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON EUREKA PROPERTY; NBMG FILE 247, ITEM 5

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1982 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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