| Deposit ID | 10102390 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M000007 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Uncle Sam Tunnel |
| Geographic coordinates: | -115.9734, 39.46687 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2377 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Eureka(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Pinto Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Mount Hamilton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Diamond-Monitor Valleys(hydrologic unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Eureka |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 019N | 053E | 35 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Hamburg Dolomite | ||||
| Rock description | Hamburg Dolomite | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -115.9734, 39.46687 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Abundant Ne Trending Faults & Shears |
| General form | TABULAR TO IRREGULAR REPLACEMENT ORE BODIES |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1922 |
| Year of first production | 1923 |
| District name | Eureka District |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M000007 |
ROBERTS, R.J., ET AL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO., NEV., NEV BUREAU OF MINES BULL 64
U.S.B.M. (ELT) MILS NO. 112, REF. NO 3201100133
NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, USGS PROF PAPER 406
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | FRACTURED PERMEABLE ZONES INTERSECTING FAVORABLE DEPOSITIONAL HORIZONS CAPPED BY SHALE. |
| Deposit | 171 TONS OF ORE VALUED AT $6,521 WERE PRODUCED DURING 1922-23. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED ALONG THE DUNDERBERG-WINDFALL BELT ONE OF FIVE MINERALIZED BLOCKS IN THE DISTRICT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1980 | Kirkham, Richard A. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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