Eureka-Hamburg Mine & Mill

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10197518
MAS/MILS ID 0320110096
Record type Site
Current site name Eureka-Hamburg Mine & Mill
Alternate or previous names Lawton Shaft, Kk Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -115.9848, 39.49852 (WGS84)
Elevation 2255

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)

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 22 SE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Primary
Tellurium Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -115.9848, 39.49852

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Norse-Windfall Mines, Inc.
  • Type Operator
    Owner General Mineral Development Co
    ID 2601679
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SSO,445 TONS VALUED AT $19,242,012FROM 1873-1906; MINED TO 1

  • Deposit

    LEVEL THROUGH KK,LAWTON,WIND SAIL,LOCAN AND BELL SHAFTS

  • Deposit

    NEV BUR OF MINES BULL 64,1967,TB14

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF PAPER 610,1968,P.179

  • Deposit

    USBM RPT. OF INVEST.6350,1964,P.20

  • Deposit

    USGS GEOL MAP 1-793,1974

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF PAPER 406,1962,PT.1

  • Deposit

    STATE OF NEVADA. DIRECTORY OF NEVADA MINE OPERATIONS

  • Deposit

    ACTIVE DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1982, COMPILED BY DIVISION

  • Deposit

    OF MINE INSPECTION, 1983, 60 PP. \0\0\0\0\0\0

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-DEC-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.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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