Ole Bull Mine

The Ole Bull Mine is a zinc, silver, and lead mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,643 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Ole Bull Mine
Secondary: Old Bull Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2322

Commodity

Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead

Location

State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Harmony District

Land Status

Land ownership: Federal
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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: David See Of Winnemucca, Nv
Years: 1943 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic veins

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Pyritization Of Wallrock

Rocks

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2322 OF OXIDIZED VEIN MATTER FROM DUMPS OF UPPER ADIT AND PROSPECT CONTAINS 7 % FE, 3 % MG, 5 % CA, 0.02 %- TI, 2000 PPM MN, 15 PPM B, 70 PPM BA, +500 PPM CD, 15 PPM CO,- 20 PPM CR, 100 PPM CU, 5 PPM MO, 100 PPM NI, +20000 PPM PB, 1-00 PPM SR, 20 PPM V, 10 PPM Y, +10000 PPM ZN.

Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Limonite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): SPHALERITE AND SMALL AMOUNTS OF GALENA OCCUR IN FISSURE IN CALCAREOUS SHALE OF THE HARMONY FORMATION. THE VEIN CAN BE TRACED ALONG A STRIKE A DISTANCE OF 135 FT. FROM THE MAIN ADIT TO A TRENCH. FOUR SAMPLES GAVE A WEIGHTED AVERAGE OF 1.4% LEAD, 22.1% ZINC, AND 0.67 OZ. SILVER PER TON, OVER AN AVERAGE WIDTH OF 1.5 FT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Comment (Location): IN THOMAS CANYON. UTM IS TO SAMPLE SITE 2322 AT LARGEST OF THE DUMPS OF SEVERAL WORKINGS

Comment (Deposit): PROBABLY MOST OF THE PRODUCTION WAS TAKEN OUT THROUGH THE LOWER ADIT, ALTHOUGH THERE IS PRACTICALLY NO VEIN MATERI-AL ON THE DUMP. THE WALLROCKS HAVE A FOLIATION OF N20W, 55NE A-ND ARE OFTEN CUT BY 1-5 CM WHITE, BARREN(?) QUARTZ VEINLETS WH-ICH CUT FOLIATION AT 90 DEGREES. THE ONLY MINERALIZED VEIN WAS- OBSERVED IN A SMALL ADIT AT THE CREST OF THE RIDGE. THERE, A -10-15 CM WIDE ZONE CONTAINS LIMONITE, CERUSSITE, SPARSE QUARTZ-, AND REMNANTS OF GALENA. A DUMP SAMPLE FROM AN ADIT JUST TO T-HE EAST CONTAINS A PIECE OF REDDISH SPHALERITE. CALCITE VEINLE-TS ARE NOTED ON DUMPS, BUT APPEAR BARREN OF ORE MINERALS, ALTH-OUGH THEY ARE USUALLY IN PYRITIZED WALLROCK. IT APPEARS THAT T-HE DUMP SAMPLED CONTAINS MAINLY OXIDIZED VEIN MATTER; THIS VEI-N HAS AN ATTITUDE OF N40E, 75SE. POSSIBLY THE DEEPER PRODUCTIO-N WAS SULFIDE MATERIAL.

Comment (Workings): APPROXIMATELY 4 ADITS WITH SMALL TO MODERATE SIZED DUMPS; TRENCH, PROSPECTS

References

Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, RONALD, 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL. 59

Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L. J., 28 JUL 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

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.