Eldorado Mine

Occurrence in Humboldt 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047479
MRDS ID M242835
Record type Site
Current site name Eldorado Mine
Alternate or previous names NBMG Sample Site 2368
Related records 10174172

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.92625, 40.97628 (WGS84)
Elevation 1465

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rose Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 036N 036E 22 SW OF SW Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SIGN ON ROAD SAYS THIS IS CALLED ELDORADO. . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 2368, GRAB VEIN QUARTZ, CONTAINS 1.5 % FE, 1 % MG, 0.07 % CA, 0.07 % TI, 700 PPM MN, 20 PPM B, 150 PPM BA, 10 PPM CR, 30 PPM CU, 7 PPM NI, 100 PB, 15 PPM V, 50 PPM ZR, AND 0.1 % PPM AU (BY AA ANALYSIS).

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Auld Lang Syne Group
    Rock description Auld Lang Syne Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.92625, 40.97628

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Tension Gashes

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ten Mile District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT, BULLDOZER CUT, NUMEROUS BULLDOZER ROADS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L. J., 10 OCT 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1964, NBMG BULL 59.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN QUARTZ OCCURS AS SPOTTY, STOCKWORK-LIKE VEINS IN QUARTZITES. THE VEINS CONTAIN LIMONITE BOXWORKS AND DRUSY LIMONITE-COATED CAVITIES. THE VEINS APPEAR TO BE TENSION-GASH FILLINGS IN BOUDINS OF QUARTZITE SURROUNDED BY PHYLLITE. SIMILAR VEINING WAS OBSERVED AT THE NEARBY GOLDEN AMETHYST MINE. THE COMPOSITIONAL LAYERING, AND FOLIATION TRENDS N60E, 30NW. THE STOCK-WORK-LIKE GASH FILLINGS OCCUR IN A QUARTZITE LAYER. DRUSY QUARTZ CAVITIES ARE COATED WITH MN OXIDE STAIN AND FE OXIDE STAIN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1987 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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