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Bullion Claim

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, 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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045590
MRDS ID M233362
Record type Site
Current site name Bullion Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.01174, 40.5138 (WGS84)
Relative position E OF MAHOGANY CLAIM, W OF CLEVELAND LODE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ravens Nest(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Battle Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 030N 053E 04 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • USMM 1-109 IS LOCATED ON SE CORNER OF CLAIM

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.01174, 40.5138
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults, Fissures

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults, Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1869

Mining district

District name Railroad

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Nevada-Bunker Hill Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • VARIOUS UNDERGROUND WORKINGS.

Comments on development

  • LODE CLAIM WAS LOCATED IN 1869-THE FIRST IN THE DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES FILES74

  • Production

    NBMG. FILES74.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN-REPLACEMENT; FAULTS, FISSURES
Deposit THE BULLION CLAIM OF THE NEVADA BUNKER HILL INING CO. WAS DEVELOPED TO A DEPTH OF ABOUT 200' WITH VARIOUS WORKINGS, AND AT DEPTH BY THE WEBFOOT TUNNEL, WHICH INTERSECTED THE ORE BODY AT DEPTH. THE CLAIM IS LOCATED ON THE N SLOPE OF BUNKER HILL. THE BULLION LODE CLAIM WAS LOCATED IN 1869 AS A SILVER-LOEAD DISCOVERY-THE 1ST IN THE DISTRICT. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1979 Tingley, J.V. 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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