Holly Mine

Past Producer in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103985
MRDS ID M232354
Record type Site
Current site name Holly Mine
Alternate or previous names Eureka Holly Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.98784, 39.52353 (WGS84)
Elevation 1993

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eureka(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark Lake(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019N 053E 15 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM PRECISION 100M

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Galena Ore
Hemimorphite Ore
Malachite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Windfall Formation;Goodwin Limestone
    Rock description Windfall Formation;Goodwin Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.98784, 39.52353

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Deposits In Hanging Wall Of Ruby Hill Thrust

Ore body information

  • General form STRATIFORM BEDDED REPLACEMENTS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractured Permeable Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ORE OCCURS AS BEDDED REPLACEMENTS IN LIMESTONE OF THE WINDFALL AND GOODWIN FORMATIONS. THE LIMESTONES WERE PREFERENTIALLY REPLACED AND THE OREBODIES CONTROLLED BY THE INTERSECTION OF THE LIMESTONE BEDS W/STEEPLY DIPPING FRACTURES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1915
Year of first production 1915

Mining district

District name Eureka District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • MINE PRODUCED 67,271 TONS ORE WORTH $1,156,738 FROM 1915 TO 1927 INCLUDING SOME COPPER AND GOLD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERT, ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO. NEV. NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 64.

  • Deposit

    U.S.B. OF M. (ELY) MILS. NO.123, REF. NO. 3201100086, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 37.096

  • Deposit

    NOLAN T.B.(1962)THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, USGS PROF. PAPER 406.

  • Production

    NOLAN, T.B.(1962)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MINE PRODUCED 67,271 TONS WORTH $1,156,738 FROM 1915-1927(NOLAN 1962) THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE NORTH SLOPE OF ADAM HILL, ONE OF FIVE MINERALIZED BLACKS IN THE DISTRICT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit BEDDED REPLACEMENTS IN LIMESTONE; CONTROLLED BY FRACTURE INTERSECTIONS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1980 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

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.