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Eureka Nevada Tunnel

Past Producer in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10197374
MAS/MILS ID 0320110134
Record type Site
Current site name Eureka Nevada Tunnel
Alternate or previous names Eureka Tunnel

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -115.9967, 39.46803 (WGS84)
Elevation 2682

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pinto Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Hamilton(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)

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 Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019 N 053 E 34 SW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -115.9967, 39.46803
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Eureka District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1901
    Period 1881 To 1901
    Description Ore From 1881 To 1901 ($206,308 Value) 4550 Tons
  • Year 1923
    Period 1917 To 1923
    Description Ore From 1917 To 1923 ($6,818 Value) 218 Tons

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS, PP #406, 1962, PLATE 1.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES, BULL 64, 1967, TB14.

  • Deposit

    USGS GEOLOGIC MAP 1-793, 1974.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-SEP-1996 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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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