| Deposit ID | 10103990 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M232407 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Prospect Mountain Tunnel |
| Geographic coordinates: | -116.00089, 39.47854 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2195 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Eureka(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Spring Valley Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Summit Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Millett(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Eureka |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 019N | 053E | 33 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Eldorado Dolomite | ||||
| Rock description | Eldorado Dolomite | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -116.00089, 39.47854 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Ruby Hill Thrust Zone Outcrops At The Tunnel |
| General form | STRATABOUND |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1882 |
| Year of first production | 1882 |
| District name | Eureka District |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M232407 |
ROBERTS R.J., ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO. NEV, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 64
U.S. BUREAU OF MINES (ELY) MILS NO 117, REF. NO 3201100112
NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, NEV. USGS PP. 406
NOLAN, T.B., (1962)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | REPLACEMENT OER LOCALIZED BY FRACTURED ZONES IN DOLOMITE. |
| Deposit | 939 TONS OF ORE WAS PRODUCED FROM 1882 TO 1891. THE PROPERTY IS SITUATED ON THE NORTHERN SIDE OF PROSPECT RIDGE, ONE OF FIVE MINERALIZED BLOCKS IN THE DISTRICT. NOW PART OF THE DIAMOND MINE THE TUNNEL IS USED FOR HAULAGE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1980 | Kirkham, Richard A. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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