Dunderberg Mine

Past Producer in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10295565
MAS/MILS ID 0320110204
Record type Site
Current site name Dunderberg Mine
Alternate or previous names Ruby-Dunderberg

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.9717, 39.47683 (WGS84)
Elevation 2341
Location accuracy 100(meters)

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 35 NWSENW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.9717, 39.47683

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Type of Orebody #3 BRECCIA FILL
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Date of Last Modification 801124

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Eureka District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner W. And A. Depaoli
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NOLAN, T.B., THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, 1962, USGS PROF.

  • Deposit

    PAPER 406, 78 PP., PLATES 1 AND 2.

  • Deposit

    USGS GEOL. MAP 1-793, 1974.

  • Deposit

    USBM WFOC CONFIDENTIAL MINE PRODUCTION FILE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE IS NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON ESTIMATED RESERVES. THE AVERAGE ASSAY FOR 1875-1883 WAS: AU-1.29 OZ/TON, AG-31.27 OZ/TON, PB-30.1 PCT. LATER ASSAYS FROM NEARBY MINES GIVE: PB-8 PCT, ZN-11.6 PCT, AU-.45 OZ/TON, AG-14.2 AZ/TON. ZONC INCREASES IN THE LESS OXIDIZED ZONES AND SULFIDE ZONES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-MAY-86 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.

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

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