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Elderado Mine

Past Producer in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044774
MRDS ID M232360
Record type Site
Current site name Elderado Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.9859, 39.4791 (WGS84)
Elevation 2365

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 100M

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Galena Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.9859, 39.4791
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR TO TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractured Perimeable Tones

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ORE BODY LIES AT THE NORTH END OF THE PROSPECT RIDGE MINERALIZED AREA, NORTH OF THE SILVER CONNER FAULT AND WEST OF THE JACKSON LAWTON FAULT. MOVEMENT ALONG THESE AND OTHER MORE LOCAL PLANES SERVED TO PREPARATE THE GROUND AND LATER SERVED AS CHANNEL WAYS FOR THE ORE FLUIDS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1873
Year of first production 1873

Mining district

District name Eureka District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on development

  • WORKED FROM 1873 TO 1892

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    NOLAN, T.B., 1962.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REPLACEMENT ORE BODIES LOCALIZED BY FAVORABLE DOLOMITE BEDS AND INTERSECTIONS OF FRACTURED AND BRECCIATED ZONES.
Deposit WORKED FROM 1873 TO 1892, WHEN THE MINE PRODUCED 802 TONS OF ORE VALUED AT $69, 781. THE PROPERTY LIES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF PROSPECT RIDGE, ONE OF FIVE MINERALIZED BLOCKS IN THE DISTRICT ; 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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