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Harmill, New York and Eva Mining Properties

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, 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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  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 10104111
MRDS ID M242037
Record type Site
Current site name Harmill, New York and Eva Mining Properties
Alternate or previous names Monitor No. 1 Claim, Eva Claim, New York Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.38259, 37.71383 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position EXACT LOCATION UNCERTAIN, BUT IN MAIN MONTEZUMA CAMP AREA, 500m To Area Of Property

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Split Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ralston-Stone Cabin Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003S 041E 03 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 8 CLAIMS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Strong Hydrothermal Alteration In The Area.

Analytical data

Result 1931 SMELTER RETURN: 35.8 OZ/T AG
Result 60.8% PB
Result 2.2% ZN FOR ABOUT 600 TONS ORE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.38259, 37.71383
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
    Strike N-S AND NE-SW
    Dip STEEP ANGLES - NEAR VERTICAL
    Thickness 6.55M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 121.92M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Fissure, Fracture Systems; Occasionally, Bedding Plane

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1867

Mining district

District name Monte Zuma District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Reorganized Silver King Divide Mining Co., Tonopah, Nevada
    First year 1945

Production statistics

  • Year 1945
    Period 1930-1945
    Material ORE PB-AG
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^50% Pb, 35 Oz/Ton Ag, 2% Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Ore Zinc Zinc 2wt-pct
    Minor Ore Silver Silver 1107g/mt
    Ore Lead Lead 50wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • HARMILL DIVIDE MINING CO. SHIPPED THIS ORE AFTER 1920'S AND BEFORE 1945

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 118.87M

Comments on the workings information

  • IN LATE 1920'S HARMILL DIVIDE MINING CO. SANK A SHAFT 300 FT ON THE MONITOR NO. 1 CLAIM AND DID SOME LATERAL DEVELOPMENT WORK ON TOW ORE SHOOTS. NO. 1 SHAFT ON NEW YORK CLAIM WAS SUNK ABOUT 1870 AND IS ABOUT 160 FT DEEP, GOING THROUGH A LARGE OPEN STOPE. TUNNEL 150 FT LONG & 100 FT LONG OPEN STOPE ON EVA CLAIM.

Comments on development

  • DISTRICT WAS DISCOVERED IN 1867, 10-STAMP MILL INSTALLED IN 1870, SMALL LEAD SMELTER BUILT AND OPERATED UNTIL 1873; RENEWED ACTIVITY IN 1905 WITH INTERMITTENT ORE SHIPMENTS THROUGH 1945

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUGHES, H.H., 1945, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE HARMILL, NEW YORK, AND EVA PROPERTIES: NBMG FILE 97, ITEM 1.

  • Deposit

    GILES, E.S., 1944, UNPUBLISHED LETTER TO MR. VOLLMER ON HRMILL PROPERTY: NBMG FILE 97, ITEM 2.

  • Deposit

    STRETCH, R.H., 1904, ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, VOL. 78, P. 5-6, LETTER TO EDITOR. NBMG FILE 97, ITEM 3.

  • Deposit

    WEED, 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL XV, P. 1221

  • Production

    HUGHES, H.H., 1945

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OREBODIES ARE VEINS IN LIMESTONE AND SHALE AND REPLACEMENTS IN LIMESTONE AT QUARTZ MONZONITE CONTACTS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-82 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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