| Deposit ID | 10044794 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M232384 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Excelsior Tunnel |
| Alternate or previous names | Diamond-Excelsior |
| Geographic coordinates: | -115.99201, 39.46493 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2499 |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Eureka |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 018N | 053E | 03 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Hamburg Dolomite | ||||
| Rock description | Hamburg Dolomite | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -115.99201, 39.46493 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Diamond Tunnel Thrust |
| General form | STRATABOUND |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1873 |
| Year of first production | 1873 |
| District name | Eureka District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M232384 |
ROBERTS R.J., ETAL (1967), GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO. NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 64
US BUREAU OF MINES (ELY) MILS NO 112, REFERENCE NO 3201100139.
NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, USGS PROF PAPER 406
NOLAN, T.B., (1962)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | FROM 1873 TO 1897, 1,759 TONS OF ORE WAS PRODUCED, WITH A VALUE OF $89,762. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT THE SOUTHERN END OF PROSPECT RIDGE, ONE OF FIVE MINERALIZED BLOCKS IN THE DISTRICT. TODAY THE WORKING ARE PROBABLY PART OF THE DIAMOND MINE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Deposit | ORE OCCURS AS REPLACEMNT OF DOLOMITE ALONG FRACTURED ZONES. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1980 | Kirkham, Richard A. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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