Chefoo Tunnel

Past Producer in Humboldt county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Arsenic, Iron, Zinc, Antimony
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. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098620
MRDS ID M232767
Record type Site
Current site name Chefoo Tunnel
Alternate or previous names Round Hill Prospect, Probably Same As Birthday Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.58681, 41.82766 (WGS84)
Elevation 1871
Relative position 60 MILES NORTH OF WINNEMUCCA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buckskin Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Quinn River Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 046N 039E 33 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH SIDE OF ROUND HILL 3/4 MILE W OF NATIONAL MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Marcasite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stibnite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericite, Calcite, Pyrite, Clay, Silicic

Analytical data

Result 20/TON AU
Result 16 OZ AG/TON (IN 1915)

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.58681, 41.82766

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N14E
    Dip 80W
    Width 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.COM: 3.FT. WIDE VEIN OF SILICIFIED, PYRITIC, MATERIAL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1915

Mining district

District name National District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 146.61M

Comments on the workings information

  • DRIFTS, CROSSCUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS FO HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 59

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W, 1915, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE NATIONAL MINING DISTRICT, NEV: U.S.G.S. BULL 601.

  • Deposit

    LAWRENCE, E. F., 1963, ANTIMONY DEPOSITS OF NEVADA; NEV. BUR MINES BULL. 61.

  • Deposit

    1979 MILS DATA

  • Deposit

    TINGLEY, J. V., 29 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION

  • Deposit

    NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

  • Production

    LINDGREN, W, 1915.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TABULAR
Deposit A CROSSCUT TUNNEL ENCOUNTERS THE VEIN AT 416 FT, ALONG WHICH DRIFTS EXTEND 45 FT. SOUTH AND 20 FT NORTH. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1981 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.