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Aladdin Mine

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10173484
MAS/MILS ID 0320070062
Record type Site
Current site name Aladdin Mine
Alternate or previous names Standing Elk Mine, Hoffman Claim, Bunker Hill, Key, Hecla Mine, Bald Mtn. Chief Mine, Nevada Bunker Hill

Comments on the site names

  • PROPERTY IS NOW PART OF THE RAILROAD PROPERTY.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.01871, 40.50771 (WGS84)
Elevation 2365
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ravens Nest(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Battle Mountain(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)

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 Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 030 N 053 E 04 C NE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Azurite Unknown
Cerussite Unknown
Chrysocolla Unknown
Galena Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Smithsonite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.01871, 40.50771
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike S35W
    Dip 90N
    Thickness 1829M
    Length 1829M
    Width 457M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 PIPELIKE
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONATE SILIC
    Strike And Dip S35W:90N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE BUNKER HILL STOCK AND THE VARIOUS DIKES ASSOCIATED WITH IT IS THE SOURCE OF THE ORE-BEARING SOLUTIONS.
  • THE AGE OF THE BUNKER HILL STOCK IS PROBABLY CRETACEOUS. THE ORE BODIES ARE PROBABLY CRETACEOUS TO TERTIARY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1869
Year of first production 1870

Mining district

District name Railroad

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sweepstakes Mining Inc.
    Year 1970
  • Type Owner
    Owner John H. Uhalde
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1969

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1980
    Inferred 175000mt ore
    Total resources 175000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 516 g/mt Silver Major 1980
    Copper Cu 4 wt-pct Copper Major 1980
    Zinc Zn 9 wt-pct Zinc Trace 1980
    Lead Pb 11 wt-pct Lead Major 1980

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • BECAUSE ORE IS HIGH GRADE, IT DOES NOT NEED TO BE MILLED. ORE CAN BE SENT DIRECTLY TO SMELTER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN, F.C., MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF

  • Deposit

    NEV., 1923, PP. 53-54

  • Reserve-Resource

    JONES, H.M., AND R.G. REEVES DMEA RPT DMEA-4425.

  • Deposit

    GRANGER, A.E., ET AL, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OE ELKO

  • Deposit

    CO., NEV., 1957, NEV. BU MINES BULL. 54, PP. 130-131

  • Deposit

    KETNER, K.B, AND SMITH, J.F. JR., GEOLOGY OF THE RAILROAD

  • Deposit

    MINING DISTRICT ELKO CO., NEV., USGS BULL. 1162-B, 1963,

  • Deposit

    PP. B16, B24, FIG.4, PL.1

  • Deposit

    EMMONS, W.H., A RECONNAISSANCE OF SOME MINING CAMPS IN ELKO,

  • Deposit

    LANDER, AND EUREKA COUNTIES, NEV., USGS BULL. 408, 1910,

  • Deposit

    PP. 88-95

  • Deposit

    ELEVATORSKI, E.A., MGR., NEVADA'S INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1973,

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS

  • Deposit

    USGS AND OTHERS, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEV., NEV.

  • Deposit

    BU MINES BULL. 65

  • Deposit

    SMITH, R. M., 1976, MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY,

  • Deposit

    NEVADA: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 1976-56,

  • Deposit

    P. 141.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 16-SEP-96 Kuizon, Lucy U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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