| Deposit ID | 10044756 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M232339 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Silver Lick |
| Geographic coordinates: | -116.00284, 39.51714 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1951 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Eureka(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Devon Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Simpson Park Mountains(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 | 16 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Limonite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Dunderberg Shale | ||||||
| Rock description | Dunderberg Shale | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite |
| Rock unit name | Hamburg Dolomite |
| Rock description | Hamburg Dolomite |
| (1) | -116.00284, 39.51714 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Steep Fractures |
| General form | TABULAR TO IRREGULAR STRATABOUND |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1871 |
| Year of first production | 1871 |
| District name | Eureka District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Federal |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M232339 |
ROBERTS, R.J. ET AL (1967) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO., N.B. OF M. BULL 64.
USBM (MILLETT) MILS NO. 92, REFERENCE NO 3201100211
NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, USGS PROF PAPER 406
NOLAN, T.B., (1962)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | OREBODIES LOCALIZED WHERE FRACTURES INTERSECT FAVORABLE BEDS. NEAR-SURFACE OREBODIES |
| Deposit | THE PROPERTY LIES ON THE WEST SIDE OF ADAM'S HILL, ONE OF FIVE MINERALIZED BLOCKS IN THE DISTRICT. FROM 1871 TO 1916 5,293 TON OF MOSTLY SILVER ORE WAS PRODUCED, WITH A VALUE OF $241,876 (NOLAN 1962) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1980 | Kirkham, Richard A. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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