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Holly Extension Mine

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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044768
MRDS ID M232353
Record type Site
Current site name Holly Extension Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.98757, 39.52298 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eureka(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark Lake(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019N 053E 10 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM PRECISION 500M

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Galena Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.98757, 39.52298
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Deposits On Hanging Wall Of Ruby Hill Thrust

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR "CHIMNEYS"

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractured, Permeable Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • STEEP NORMAL FAULTS AND FRACTURES SERVED AS PATHWAYS FOR THE ORE FLUIDS WHICH PREFERENTIALLY REPLACED CARBONATE BEDS FORMING ORE SHOOTS RESEMBLING CHIMNEYS

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

Comments on development

  • NO APPARENT PRODUCTION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, ET AL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL DEPOSITS OF EUREKA CO., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 64

  • Deposit

    U.S.B. OF M. (ELY) MILS NO 123, REF NO 3201100083

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    CARPER A.F. (1921) REPORT ON HOLLY EXTENSION MINE, N.B.M DISTRICT FILE 111 ITEM 5

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE SHOOTS FORMED AT INTERSECTIONS OF FAULTS AND FRACTURES WITH FAVORABLE CARBONATE BEDS.
Deposit THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE NORTH SLOPE OF ADAMS HILL, ONE OF FIVE MINERALIZED PROPERTIES IN THE DISTRICT. THERE DOESN'T APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN ANY PRODUCTION FROM THE PROPERTY WHICH ATTEMPTED TO EXPLORED EXTENSIONS FROM THE BULLWHACKER AND HOLLY MINES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-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.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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