Eureka Nevada Tunnel

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044793
MRDS ID M232383
Record type Site
Current site name Eureka Nevada Tunnel

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.99673, 39.46799 (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 M

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Local Areas Of Intense Silicification

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 Hamburg Dolomite
    Rock description Hamburg Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.99673, 39.46799

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description More Abundant Ne Striking Transverse Faults

Ore body information

  • General form STRATABOUND

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractured,Brecciated, Permeable Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1917
Year of first production 1917

Mining district

District name Eureka District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE WAS PRODUCED FROM 1917 TO 1923 , INCLUDING SOME COPPER

Comments on development

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE WAS PRODUCED FROM HERE FROM 1917 TO 1923

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    USB OF M (ELY) MILS NO 112, REFERENCE NO 3201100134, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 37.083

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    NOLAN, J.B. (1962)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE WAS PRODUCED FROM 1917-23. THE PROSPECT IS SITUATED ALONG THE DUNDERBERG-WINDFALL BELT, ONE OF FIRE MINERALIZED BELTS IN THE DISTRICT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit REPLACEMENT OREBODIES IN FRACTURED, BRECCIATED ZONES IN DOLOMITE

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.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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