| Deposit ID | 10044802 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M232396 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Lord Byron Tunnel |
| Geographic coordinates: | -115.99923, 39.46687 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2621 |
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 | 019N | 053E | 34 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Hamburg Dolomite | ||||
| Rock description | Hamburg Dolomite | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -115.99923, 39.46687 |
|---|
| General form | STRATABOUND |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1885 |
| Year of first production | 1885 |
| District name | Eureka District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M232396 |
ROBERTS R.J., ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO. NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 64
U.S.B.M. (ELY) MILS NO 112, REFERENCE NO 3201100130.
NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, USGS PROF. PAPER 406.
NOLAN, T.B., (1962)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | FROM 1885 TO 1894, 2,613 TONS OF ORE WERE PRODUCED. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED ALONG PROSPECT RIDGE, ONE OF FIVE MINERALIZED BLOCKS IN THE DISTRICT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Deposit | ORE IS LOCALIZED BY PERMEABLE FRACTURED ZONES IN DOLOMITE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1980 | Kirkham, Richard A. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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