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Mineral Hill Mines

Past Producer in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc
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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. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103982
MRDS ID M232292
Record type Site
Current site name Mineral Hill Mines
Alternate or previous names Queen Tunnel, Taylor Tunnel

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.09535, 40.1538 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mineral Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crescent Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pine(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 026N 052E 10,03 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyromorphite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Jasperoid Around Fracture Zones

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Nevada Formation
    Rock description Nevada Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.09535, 40.1538
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Roberts Mountain Thrust (Overturned)

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, STRATABOUND

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractured, Brecciated, Permeable Zone Along Thrust

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE PRINCIPLE ORE BODIES ARE IN CRUSHED AND FRACTURED LIMESTONE ADJACENT TO THE THRUST JASPEROID IS FOUND AT MANY PLACES GENERALLY REPLACING-LIMESTONE IN THE FRACTURED ZONE. A FEW NARROW DIKES OF ALTERRED IGNEOUS ROCKS CUT THE LIMESTONE. (ROBERTS P. 99)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1870
Year of first production 1870

Mining district

District name Mineral Hill District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • ORE CONTAINED SOME COPPER, LEAD AND ZINC, TOO.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 609.6M

Comments on development

  • MOST PRODUCTION WAS FROM 1870 TO 1876 WITH INTERMITTENT ACTIVITY SINCE THEN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS R.J., ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO., NEV. BUR OF MINES BULL 64

  • Deposit

    USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 28, REFERENCE NO. 3201100160

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG W.O. (1938) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN EUREKA CO. NEV., USBM 1.C. 7022

  • Deposit

    EMMONS, W.H. (1910) MININGS CAMPS IN ELKO, LANDER, & EUREKA CO. NEV, USGS BULL 408

  • Production

    VANDERBURG, W.O., (1938)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE REPLACES LIMESTONE IN FRACTURED ZONE OF ROBERTS MTN THRUST FAULT
Deposit MOST PRODUCTION OCCURRED BETWEEN 1870 AND 1876, HOWEVER THE MINE HAS BEEN ACTIBE INTERMITTENTLY EVER SINCE. DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF ABOUT 2000 FEET OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 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.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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