The Exchequer Tunnel is a silver mine located in White Pine county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Exchequer Tunnel MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Exchequer Tunnel
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Cherry Creek (Egan Canyon)
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Pluton Of Monzonite And Quartz Monzonite
Type: L
Description: Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): EST
Comment (Workings): ORE SHOOT 600 FEET ALONG THE TUNNEL
Comment (Geology): ORE SHOOT 2-3 FEET WIDE, UP TO 8 FEET IN PLACES.
Comment (Deposit): THE ORE SHOOT IS SAID TO HAVE EXTENDED FOR 600 FT ALONG THE TUNNEL LEVEL AND TO HAVE BEEN 2 TO 3 FT WIDE, EXPINDED TO 8 FT IN PLACES. NEAR THE SHAFT THE VEIN SPLITS, BUT REUNITES 100 FT WEST. THE VEIN IS THE SAME AS THAT WORKED IN THE NEW CENTURY TUNNEL. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Production): HILL 1916
Reference (Deposit): HILL, JAMES M. 1916 NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA, U.S. GEO. BULL. 648
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
