Hamburg Mine

Past Producer in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044769
MRDS ID M232355
Record type Site
Current site name Hamburg Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.97784, 39.46521 (WGS84)
Elevation 2347

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018N 053E 02 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM PRECISION 100M

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary

Alteration

  • (Local) Local Areas Of Intense Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Dunderberg Shale
    Rock description Dunderberg Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Hamburg Dolomite
    Rock description Hamburg Dolomite

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ore Bodies Above The Ruby Hill Thrust Zone
Type of structure Local
Structure description More Abundant Ne-Striking Normal Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractured, Brecciated Zones Beneath Dunderberg Shale

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DOLOMITE IS MORE INTENSELY FRACTURED AND NORTHEAST-STRIKING TRANSVERSE FAULTS ARE MORE ABUNDANT. ALSO NEARBY ARE INTRUSIVE BODIES OF RHYOLITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1871
Year of first production 1871

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., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 64

  • Deposit

    US. BUREAU OF MINE (ELY) MILS NO 112, REFERENCE NO 3201100138

  • Deposit

    NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, USGS PROF PAPER 406

  • Production

    NOLAN, T.B., 1962

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REPLACEMENT OF POLOMITE ALONG INTENSELY FRACTURED ZONES CAPPED BY DUNDERBERG SHALE
Deposit THE MINE IS LOCATED ON THE DUNDERBERG-WINDFALL BELT, 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.

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.