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Bull Hill Shaft

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046447
MRDS ID M241610
Record type Site
Current site name Bull Hill Shaft
Related records 10270989

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.05915, 37.91775 (WGS84)
Elevation 2292

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deer Lodge Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Caliente(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Meadow Valley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007N 071E 29 NW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PURPLE AND GREEN FLUORITE (MORE PURPLE THAN GREEN)

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Gangue
Fluorite Unknown

Analytical data

Result 6 MINE SAMPLES ASSAYED 0.020-0.43 OZ/T AU
Result 0.2-2.6 OZ/T AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.05915, 37.91775
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N20E
    Dip STEEPLY W
    Thickness 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Eagle Valley (Fay) District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT SUNK ON VEIN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PERRY, L.I., 1976, UTAH GEOLOGY, VOL. 3, NO. 1, P. 35.

  • Deposit

    USGS, 1920, P.P. 111, P. 563-568

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit METALS ARE MAINLY ASSOCIATED WITH HEMATITE-RICH MATERIAL. VEIN SPLITS INTO 2 ONE-FT WIDE STRINGERS AT BOTTOM OF SHAFT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (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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