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Bullshead Mine

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc
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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 10104041
MRDS ID M233960
Record type Site
Current site name Bullshead Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.79616, 40.56048 (WGS84)
Elevation 2408
Relative position 1/2 MILE S OF BLACK FONEST CANON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spruce Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wendover(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elko(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Long-Ruby 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031N 064E 18 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NE SLOPE SPRUCE MT.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.79616, 40.56048
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N30E
    Dip 30 ESE

Comments on the geologic information

  • KAOLINIZED RHYOLITE PORPHPY W/CUOXT FEOX

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Spruce Mountain

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION TOTALLED OVER $100,000 WORTH, INCLUDING SOME COPPER AND ZINC.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1828.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • DRIFTS

Comments on development

  • IN 1917, A. 50-TONS MELTER WAS BUILT, AND OPERATED SEASONALLY. IN 1918, THE MINE WAS ONE OF THE CHIEF PRODUCERS IN THE DISTRICT, AND AGAIN IN 1922. IN 1926, 150 TONS LEAD ORE WERE SHIPPED BY LESSEES, AND IN 1931, LESSEES WERE WORKING IN THE UPPER ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F. C, (1931), SPRUCE MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, ELKO COUNTY, U. OF N. BULL, VOL. XXV, NO. 7

  • Deposit

    HUNT, S.E., (1936), MINING GEOLOGY OUTLINED, RENO, NEVADA

  • Deposit

    FIELD EXAM BY J.U. TINGLEY, NBMG, ON 7/24/80

  • Production

    SCHRADER (1931) P. 19.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN; KAOLIMZED RHYOLITE PORPHYRY
Deposit THE BULLSHEAD MINE HAS ABOUT 6,000 FT OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS, MOSTLY DRIFTS, ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CANYON. IN 1917 A 50-TON SMELTER WAS BUILT AND WORKED SEASONALLY. IN 1918 THIS MINE WAS ONE OF THE CHIEF PRODUCERS IN THE DISTRICT, AND AGAIN IN 1922, IN 1926, 150 TONS OF LEAD ORE WAS SHIPPED BY LESSEES AND IN 1931 LESSEES WERE WORKING IN THE UPPER ADIT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1979 Tingley, J.V. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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