Mine detail: Eureka Nevada Tunnel

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Location: Eureka County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.46799, -115.99673
dep_id: 10044793
mrds_id: M232383
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Gold, Lead
Minor mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Anglesite, Galena, Malachite
orebody_fm: STRATABOUND
model: 72: Polymetallic replacement
alteration: Local Areas Of Intense Silicification
conc_proc: Oxidation Of The Sulfides Above The Water Table
ore_ctrl: Fractured,Brecciated, Permeable Zones
Reporter: Kirkham, Richard A.
hrock_unit: Hamburg Dolomite
hrock_type: Dolomite
Structure: More Abundant Ne Striking Transverse Faults
Year first produced: 1917
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1917
References:
  • 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)
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