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Macintosh Tunnel

Occurrence in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044761
MRDS ID M232346
Record type Site
Current site name Macintosh Tunnel
Alternate or previous names Mackentosh Tunnel

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.99729, 39.47021 (WGS84)
Elevation 2682

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pinto Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Hamilton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ely(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019N 053E 34 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM PRECISION 500 METERS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Hamburg Dolomite
    Rock description Hamburg Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.99729, 39.47021
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Diamond Tunnel Thrust Zone

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE WORKINGS EXPLORED A SERIES OF CAVES IN THE DOLOMITE, AND THE BANNER FISSURE, A QUARTZ RICH REPLACEMENT VEIN (NOLAN, 1962).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Eureka District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS R.J., ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO. NEV, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 64

  • Deposit

    USB OF M (ELY) MILS NO 112, REF. NO 3201100136

  • Deposit

    NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, USGS PROF PAPER 406.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED ALONG PROSPECT RIDGE, MAY BE PART OF THE DIAMOND MINE TOADAY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit FISSURE-REPLACEMENT VEIN, AND CAVES EXPLORED FOR SILVER-GOLD-AND LEAD-BEARINGMINERALS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1980 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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