| Deposit ID | 10044738 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M232315 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Zenoli Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Morning Glory |
| Geographic coordinates: | -116.25814, 40.56741 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | ONE MILE S.E. OF BARTH |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Eureka(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Scotts Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Battle Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Middle Humboldt(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Eureka |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 031N | 051E | 1817 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Antimony Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Ore |
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Stibnite | Ore |
| Result | AVE VALUE OF 20 TONS SHIPPED IN 1936: 21.2 OZ/T AG, 1.1% CU, 2% ZN |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Frenchie Creek Volcanics | ||||
| Rock description | Frenchie Creek Volcanics | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -116.25814, 40.56741 |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 1.52M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1907 |
| Year of first production | 1907 |
| District name | Safford District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | N. Mondarelli |
| First year | 1930 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 914.4M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M232315 |
ROBERTS, R.J. ET AL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO., N.B.M. BULL 64
USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO.169, REFERENCE NO. 3201100012
LAWRENCE, E.F. (1963) ANDMONY DEPOSITS, IN NEVADA, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 61 P. 70
EMMONS, W.H. (1910) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN EUREKA, LANDER, & ELKO COS, USG. BULL 408
VANDERBURG, W.O. (1938) RECONNAISSE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN EUREKA CO, NEV, USGM 1C 7022
ROBERTS, R.J. ETAL (1967)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | WELL-DEFINED FISSURE VEIN |
| Deposit | THE ZENOLI MINE WAS RELOCATED IN 1930 AS THE MORNING GLORY GROUP OF NINE PATENTED CLAIMS BY N. MONDARELLI. DEVELOPEMENT CONSIST OF FOUR ADITS, A SHAFT, AND 3,300 FEET OF OTHER UNDERGROUND WORKINGS DURING 1907-1908 SHIPMENTS TOTALED 1,439 TONS OF ORE VALUED AT $67,162 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1980 | Kirkham, Richard A. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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