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Berryman Tunnel

Past Producer in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead
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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. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10111445
MRDS ID M232370
Record type Site
Current site name Berryman Tunnel

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.98896, 39.4691 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019N 053E 34 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM PRECISION 100 M

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Plumbojarosite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Local Silicification Of Dolomite

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 Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Hamburg Dolomite
    Rock description Hamburg Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.98896, 39.4691
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Diamond Tunnel Thrust Zone

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractured Brecciated, Permeable Dolomite

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE IRREGULAR REPLACEMENT OREBODY OCCURS IN BRECCIATED, MASSIVE DOLOMITE. THE AREA IS ON THE UPPER PLATE OF THE DIAMOND TUNNEL THRUST ZONE, WHICH BOUNDS THE BLOCK ON THE EAST AS DOES THE JACKSON-LAWTON FAULT. TO THE WEST THE ORE-BEARING DOLOMITE IS TERMINATED BY THE RUBY HILL THRUST ZONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Eureka District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS R.J., ET AL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO. NEV., NEW BUREAU OF MINES BULL 64

  • Deposit

    U.S.B. OF M. (ELY) MILS NO 112, REF. NO 3201100135

  • Deposit

    NOLAN T.B.(1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, NEV., USGS PP 406.

  • Production

    NOLAN, T.B., (1962)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OCCURS AS IRREGULAR REPLACEMENT OREBODY IN A BRECCIATED MASSIVE DOLOMITE
Deposit THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF PROSPECT RIDGE, ONE OF FIVE MINERALIZED BLOCKS IN THE DISTRICT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-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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