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Eldorado Rover Mining Co.

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037159
MRDS ID M031032
Record type Site
Current site name Eldorado Rover Mining Co.
Related records 10246687

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.7986, 35.7025 (WGS84)
Elevation 732
Relative position 1.5 MILES E OF NELSON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nelson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boulder City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Havasu-Mohave Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
026S 064E 11 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.7986, 35.7025
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE FOUND IN 3 VEINS AND IN GANGUE OF SHATTERED COUNTRY ROCK WITH QUARTZ & CALCITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Eldorado

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FROM THE GROUP OF CLAIMS HAS BEEN $550,000 ; $360,000 OF THAT FROM THE FLAGSTAFF CLAIM.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 121.92M
    Overall depth 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT COMPRISES 3 INCLINED SHAFTS, DEEPEST AT FLAGSTAFF. WATER FOR MILLING IS PUMPED FROM DUNCAN AND RAMBLER SHAFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 62 .

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W.O., 1937 , RECONNAISANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN CLARK CO., US BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 6964 , P. 31 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INCLUDES ROVER, FLAGSTAFF (DUNCAN), RAMBLER AND SKYLARK CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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