Zenoli Mine

Past Producer in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Antimony
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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044738
MRDS ID M232315
Record type Site
Current site name Zenoli Mine
Alternate or previous names Morning Glory

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.25814, 40.56741 (WGS84)
Relative position ONE MILE S.E. OF BARTH

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031N 051E 1817 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Gold Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Stibnite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Volcanics Widely Propylitized With A Pyrite Halo Around The Mineralized Area

Analytical data

Result AVE VALUE OF 20 TONS SHIPPED IN 1936: 21.2 OZ/T AG, 1.1% CU, 2% ZN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Frenchie Creek Volcanics
    Rock description Frenchie Creek Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.25814, 40.56741

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 1.52M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT IS A WELL DEFINED FISSURE VEIN FROM 1 TO 5 FEET WIDE. THE LODE STRIKES NORTH, ANDS DIPS 45 E. THE FOOTWALL NEAR THE SURFACE IS A FAULT WHICH CUTS ACROSS THE VEIN DISPLACING IT TO AN UNDETERMINED EXTENT BELOW THE SURFACE (EMMONS).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1907
Year of first production 1907

Mining district

District name Safford District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner N. Mondarelli
    First year 1930

Comments on the production information

  • 1936 ORE AVERAGED 21.2 OZ/TON AG; 1.1% CU; 2% ZN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 914.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 ADITS, SHAFT, OTHER UNDER GROUND WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • RELOCATED IN 1930 AS THE MORNING GLORY GROUP OF 9 PATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R.J. ET AL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO., N.B.M. BULL 64

  • Deposit

    USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO.169, REFERENCE NO. 3201100012

  • Deposit

    LAWRENCE, E.F. (1963) ANDMONY DEPOSITS, IN NEVADA, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 61 P. 70

  • Deposit

    EMMONS, W.H. (1910) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN EUREKA, LANDER, & ELKO COS, USG. BULL 408

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W.O. (1938) RECONNAISSE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN EUREKA CO, NEV, USGM 1C 7022

  • Production

    ROBERTS, R.J. ETAL (1967)

General comments

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-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.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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