Mine detail: Eldorado Property

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 40.53629, -117.15262

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper, Lead, Silver
Tertiary: Iron
Ore: Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1960

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1965

Geology

Host rock:Pumpernickel Formation
Host type:Quartzite,Chert
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite
Structure:Thrust Faults, N Ne-Trending Faults
Alteration processes:Silicic

References

MRDSM231330
DEP10044015
Reference{Deposit:: HILL, J.M., 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE CALIFORNIA AND NW NEVADA: U.S.G.S. BULL 594}{Deposit:: ROBERTS, R.J., AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 459-B.}{Deposit:: SHARP, W., 1930, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE ELDORADO PROPERTY ON FILE AT NEV. BUR. OF MINES & GEOLOGY.}{Production:: ROBERTS, R.J., AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965.}
ReporterLa Pointe, D. D.