Mine detail: Frenchmans Tunnel

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Location: Eureka County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.4927, -115.99507
dep_id: 10044797
mrds_id: M232387
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Gold, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Anglesite, Galena
orebody_fm: STRATABOUND
conc_proc: Oxidation Of Sulfides
ore_ctrl: Fractured Permeable Zones
Reporter: Kirkham, Richard A.
hrock_unit: Eldorado Dolomite
hrock_type: Dolomite
Structure: Lower Plate Of Ruby Hill Thrust
References:
  • Deposit:: ROBERT ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO NEV. N.B. OF M. BULLETIN 64
  • Deposit:: U.S.B.M. (ELY) MILS NO 118., REF. NO 3201100106
  • Deposit:: NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, USGS PROF PAPER 406
  • Production:: NOLAN, T.B., (1962)
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