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Charter Tunnel

Past Producer 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10044789
MRDS ID M232378
Record type Site
Current site name Charter Tunnel

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.99757, 39.49325 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019N 053E 27 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM PRECISION 500 M

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.99757, 39.49325
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Located On The Sharp Rangefrotn Fault

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Favorable, Permeable Horizons

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE TUNNEL INTERCEPTS PROSPECT MOUNTAIN QUARTZITE AND GEDDES LIMESTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
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 ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE EUREKA CO NEV., N.B. OF M. BULL 64

  • Deposit

    USB OF M (ELY) MILS NO 119, REF. NO 3201100104

  • Deposit

    NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, NEV., USGS PP. 406

  • Production

    NOLAN, T.B., 1962

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE LOCALIZED BY FAVORABLE PERMEABLE HORIZONS IN LIMESTONE
Deposit THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE RUBY HILL AREA, THE RICHEST 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.

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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