Mine detail: Eureka Nevada Tunnel

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Location

Lat / long:

39.46799, -115.99673

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Gold, Lead
Secondary:	Copper
Ore:	Anglesite, Galena, Malachite
Orebody form:	STRATABOUND
Discovery year:	1917

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1917

Geology

Host rock:	Hamburg Dolomite
Host type:	Dolomite
Structure:	More Abundant Ne Striking Transverse Faults
Alteration processes:	Local Areas Of Intense Silicification

References

MRDS	M232383
DEP	10044793
Reference	{Deposit:: ROBERTS R.J., ETAL (1967) GELOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO. NEV, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 64}{Deposit:: USB OF M (ELY) MILS NO 112, REFERENCE NO 3201100134, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 37.083}{Deposit:: NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, USGS PROF PAPER 406}{Production:: NOLAN, J.B. (1962)}
Reporter	Kirkham, Richard A.