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Glister Project

Plant in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Mineral rights holdings
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Reserves and resources
  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 10125725
MRDS ID M030021
MAS/MILS ID 0320110093
Record type Site
Current site name Glister Project
Alternate or previous names Ruby Hill, Locan Shaft, Fad Shaft, Eureka Corp Mine, Look-Out Mine, Project Glister Mine, Glister

Comments on the site identification

  • Very little information is available about this mine.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.9848, 39.50572 (WGS84)
Elevation 2100
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eureka(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark Lake(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019 N 053 E 22 NWSENW Nevada
Mount Diablo 019N 053E 09-11, 14-16, 21- 23, 27-28 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • Most of the Eureka Mining District mines are located on several hills on the northeastern flanks of Prospect Mountain at the north end of the Fish Creek Range. UTM is to the general location of the Project Glister Mine. SW of the town of Eureka.

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • Ore Materials: silver-lead minerals, native gold

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 75
USGS model code 19c
Deposit model name Distal disseminated Ag-Au
Mark3 model number 18
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 > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Cambrian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock type qualifier stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Porphyry
    Rock type qualifier quartz porphyry dikes
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock type qualifier intrusive and extrusive
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Eocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock type qualifier plugs and flows
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Carbonate Shelf Sequence - Dolomite, limestone, and shale
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N90E
    Dip 01W
    Thickness 110M
    Length 600M
    Width 370M
    Area 30HA
    Depth to top 730M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #2 PIPELIKE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 OTHER
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 PYRITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N90E:01W
    Minimum Depth to Top 655
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 30
    Date of Last Modification 850821
  • General form tabular, blanket, irregular

Comments on the geologic information

  • GENERAL SIZE OF ORE BODY IS MEDIUM. ORE ALSO CONTROLLED BY LITHOLOGY. STRIKE AND DIP OF RUBY HILL FAULT-N40W 60E.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1938
Mining method Open Pit
Year of first production 1866
Plant type Leach
Milling method Leach-Precipitation

Comments on exploration

  • DISCOVERY METHOD-DIAMOND DRILLING. THERE HAS BEEN NO COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION FROM THE DEEP SULFIDE ORE BODY. IN 1975, A 245 MT SAMPLE WAS TAKEN FOR METALLURGICAL TESTING. EXCESSIVE WATER AND METALLURGICAL PROBLEMS HAVE LONG HAMPERED DEVELOPMENT OF THE DEPOSIT.

Mining district

District name Eureka District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Sharon Steel Natural Resources
    ID 2600233
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1990
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Mueller Industries Inc.
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner USSRAM Exploration Co.
    Year 1990

Comments on the ownership information

  • OWNER; RUBY HILL MINING CO OPERATOR; HECLA MINING CO OTHER NAMES:FAD SHAFT,EUREKA CORP. MINE, LOOK-OUT MINE. DEPOSIT REPORT PLANNED. OWNER/OPERATOR SHARON STEEL NATURAL RESOURCES, EUREKA, NV (RANDOL 1990/1991 MINING DIR. P214)

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1977
    Total resources 2841000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 3.7 wt-pct Lead Trace 1977
    Silver Ag 193.7 g/mt Silver Major 1977
    Gold Au 5.48 g/mt Gold Major 1977
    Zinc Zn 8.3 wt-pct Zinc Trace 1977
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1966
    Total resources 2300000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 6.45 wt-pct Lead Trace 1966
    Silver Ag 303.4 g/mt Silver Major 1966
    Gold Au 7.4 g/mt Gold Major 1966
    Zinc Zn 6.45 wt-pct Zinc Trace 1966
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1946
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 4.46 wt-pct Lead Trace 1946
    Silver Ag 249.6 g/mt Silver Major 1946
    Gold Au 8.26 g/mt Gold Major 1946
    Zinc Zn 9.8399 wt-pct Zinc Trace 1946
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1982
    Indicated 2840000mt ore
    Demonstrated 2840000mt ore
    Total resources 2840000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 3.7 wt-pct Lead Trace 1982
    Silver Ag 193.7 g/mt Silver Major 1982
    Gold Au 5.49 g/mt Gold Major 1982
    Zinc Zn 8.3 wt-pct Zinc Trace 1982
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1992
    Demonstrated 3600000mt ore
    Total resources 3600000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 5.486 g/mt Gold Major 1992

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MATRIX 1, COL 2, Q-P75 REPRESENTS ORE PROPOSED FOR MINING WITH 100 PERCENT PLUS RECOVERY. DILUTION IN DEVELOPMENT PLANS ONE & TWO WILL BE 20 PERCENT DILUTED WITH ENTIRE QUANTITY IN MATRIX 2, COL 1, Q-P75 LEVEL. MATRIX 2, COL 1, Q-P75 REPRESENTS WASTE, OF WHICH THE EN- TIRETY WILL DILUTE THE QUANTITY OF ORE IN MATRIX 1, COL 1, Q-P75 IN THE PROPOSED MINING METHOD IN U-DEV 1, U-REC 1.
  • DATA IS OLD AND IN NEED OF UPDATE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 6420M
    Overall depth 746M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method HORIZ CUT & FILL W/TAILINGS 10-60
    Percent Recovery 100
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC FISSURED EXCESSIVE WATER
    Rock Characteristics MULTIPLE SYSTEMS OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING MAY BACK SLAB
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    Number of Shafts 2
    Length of Inclines (m) 0
    Slope of Inclines 0
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 0
    Number of Adits 1
    1st Condition of Workings FLOODED
    Capacity 925
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 51.74
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 350
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1981
  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 2M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 2
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method HORIZ CUT & FILL W/TAILINGS 10-60
    Percent Recovery 100
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC FISSURED EXCESSIVE WATER
    Rock Characteristics MULTIPLE SYSTEMS OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING MAY BACK SLAB
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    Capacity 925
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 51.74
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 350
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1981

Comments on the workings information

  • Open pit mine on the site of old underground workings and dumps

Comments on other economic factors

  • Production from Project Glister in 1989 was 8,450 ounces of gold and 23,519 ounces of silver.

Comments on development

  • It was reported in 1989 press releases that USSRAM Exploration Company started operations in the Eureka district in January at Project Glister. Mining was by open-pit and included processing of old mine dumps. The mine operated as an open pit gold-silver operation in 1989-1990 employing 12 persons. American Mines states that the property is owned and operated by Sharon Steel Natural Res. but states that Sharon Steel was merged with Mueller Industries, Inc. in Dec. 1990.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    105. CURTIS, J. S. SILVER-LEAD DEPOSITS OF EUREKA, NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV. MONOGRAPH 7, 1884, 200 PP.

  • Deposit

    152. ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS: SECTION 2A - UNITED STATES MINE/PLANT UNITS, 1977, P. 205.

  • Deposit

    168. ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS: SECTION 2A - UNITED STATES MINE/PLANT UNITS, 1982, P. 221. *

  • Deposit

    238. HAGUE, A. GEOLOGY OF THE EUREKA DISTRICT. U.S. GEOL. SURV. MONOGRAPH 20, 1892, 419 PP.

  • Deposit

    255. HECLA MINING CO. ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1975. 1975, P. 5.

  • Deposit

    256. HECLA MINING CO. ANNUAL REPORT, FORM 10-K, FISCAL YEAR 1975. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, 1976, P. 12.

  • Deposit

    257. HECLA MINING CO. ANNUAL REPORT, FORM 10-K, FISCAL YEAR 1976. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, 1977, P. 14.

  • Deposit

    261. HENDRICKS, R. S. HOW HECLA DIAMOND DRILLED FRACTURED DOLOMITE UNDER HIGH-PRESSURE WATER. WORLD MIN., V. 2, NUMBER 2, 1966, PP. 18-22.

  • Deposit

    325. JENSEN, M. L., R. P. ASHLEY, AND J. P. ALBERS. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SULFATES AT GOLDFIELD, NEVADA. ECON. GEOL. AND BULL. SOC. ECON. GEOL., V. 66, 1971, PP. 618-626.

  • Deposit

    389. LOVE, W. H. THE RUBY HILL PROJECT, EUREKA, NEVADA. EXPLORATION AND MINE DEVELOPMENT IN NEVADA. NV BUR. MINES AND GEOL. REP. 13, PT. 1, 1966, PP. 85-107.

  • Deposit

    450. MITCHELL, G. W. MINE DRAINAGE AT EUREKA CORPORATION LTD., EUREKA, NEVADA. MIN. ENG., V. 5, NO. 8, 1953, PP. 812-817.

  • Deposit

    451. MITCHELL, G. W., AND A. C. JOHNSON. SHAFT-SINKING METHODS AND COSTS AND COST OF PLANT AND EQUIPMENT AT THE FAD SHAFT, EUREKA CORPORATION LTD, EUREKA, NEVADA. BUMINES IC 7495, 1949, 17 PP.

  • Deposit

    50. BINYON, E. O. EXPLORATION OF THE GOLD, SILVER, LEAD, AND ZINC PROPERTIES, EUREKA CORPORATION, EUREKA COUNTY, NEVADA. BUMINES RI 3949, 1946, 18 PP.

  • Deposit

    518. NOLAN, T. B. THE EUREKA DISTRICT, NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV. PROF. PAPER 406, 1962, 78 PP.

  • Deposit

    519. NOLAN, T. B. THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA. GUIDEBOOK TO MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CENTRAL GREAT BASIN, NEVADA. NV BUR. MINES AND GEOL. REP. 32, 1978, PP. 51-54.

  • Deposit

    520. NOLAN, T. B., AND R. N. HUNT. THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA. PAPER IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1933-1967, ED. BY J. D. RIDGE. V. 1 (GRATON-SALES). AIME, NEW YORK, 1968, PP. 966-991.

  • Deposit

    521. NOLAN, T. B., C. W. MERRIAM, AND W. V. STEELE. THE STRATIGRAPHIC SECTION IN THE VICINITY OF EUREKA, NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURV. PROF. PAPER 276, 1956, 77 PP.

  • Deposit

    593. ROBERTS, R. J., K. M. MONTGOMERY, AND R. E. LEHNER. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA COUNTY, NEVADA. NV BUR. MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 64, 1967, 152 PP.

  • Deposit

    697. STUART, W. T. PUMPING TEST EVALUATES WATER PROBLEM AT EUREKA, NEVADA. MIN. ENG. (NY), V. 7, NO. 2, 1955, PP. 148-156.

  • Deposit

    722. TRENGOVE, R. R., AND A. C. JOHNSON. SAMPLING DEEP ORE DEPOSITS BY ROTARY DRILLING AND METHODS OF SURVEYING AND CONTROLLING THE DIRECTION OF DRILL HOLES. BUMINES IC 7768, 1956, 3 PP.

  • Deposit

    741. VANDERBURG, W. O. RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN EUREKA COUNTY, NEVADA. BUREAU OF MINES IC 7022, 1938, 66 PP. *

  • Deposit

    84. CHENDER, M. (ED.). GOLD PROJECTS IN THE UNITED STATES: A MINE- SEARCH REPORT. MET. ECON. GROUP, BOULDER, CO, 1983, 142 PP.

  • Deposit

    HAGUE, A. GEOLOGY OF THE EUREKA DISTRCT. U.S. GEOL. SURVEY MON. 20, 1892, 419 PP.

  • Deposit

    NOLAN, T.B. AND, R.N. THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT NEVADA, IN- RIDGE, J.D., EDITOR, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES 1933-1967, GRATON-SALES VOLUME. NEW YORK. AIME, V. 1, PP. 966-991.

  • Deposit

    NOLAN, T.B., MERIAM, C.W., STEELE, W.V. THE STRATIGRAPHIC SECTION IN THE VICINITY OF EUREKA, NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURVEY PROF PAPER 276, 1956, 77 PP.

  • Deposit

    NOLAN, T.B., THE EUREKA DISTRICT, NEVADA. U.S. GEOL. SURVEY PROF PAPER 406, 1962, 78 PP.

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R.J., MONTOMERY, K.M., AND LEHNER, R.E., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA COUNTY, NEVADA. NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY. BULL 64, 1967, P. 152.

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W.O. RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRCTS IN EUREKA COUNTY, NEVADA. U.S. BUR OF MINES I.C. 7022, PP. 31-47.

  • Deposit

    NBMG MI-89 through MI-95..

  • Deposit

    Major Mines of Nevada, 1989

  • Deposit

    Amer. Mines (1991-92), 1991.

  • Deposit

    Mt. Hamilton Land Status, 1995.

  • Deposit

    Long, K.R., DeYoung, J.H., Jr., and Ludington, S.D., 1998, Database of significant deposits of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in the United States; Part A, Database description and analysis; part B, Digital database: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-206, 33 p., one 3.5 inch diskette.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1985 UPDATE. PROPERTY IS INACTIVE. MILL EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN DISMANTLED. HECLA MINING CO. TERMINATED ITS INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY IN 1982. GENERAL LOCATION IS ABOUT 2 KM WEST OF EUREKA. DOMAIN IS PRIVATE AND BLM ADMINISTERED. MINING METHOD IS CUT AND FILL. MILL IS LOCATED ON SITE. EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM MILL.
Deposit Eureka deposits are replacement veins, chimneys, irregular masses and bedded deposits in Cambrian limestone along fissures and above a thrust fault in the richest area. Igneous rocks are a small quartz monzonite stock and quartz porphyry dikes of early Cretaceous age; intrusive and extrusive andesite of middle Eocene age; and rhyolite plugs and flows of middle Oligocene age. There are abundant sulfide minerals, but the bulk of the production was from oxidized ores.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-DEC-96 Spear, James M. U.S. Bureau of Mines
Reporter 01-FEB-05 LaPointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Editor 01-SEP-07 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 14-OCT-09 Illo, Diane R. Contractor

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