The Eldorado Property is a gold mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,860 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,860 Feet (1,786 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.53639, -117.15167
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Eldorado Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Eldorado Property
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Battle Mountain District
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
Owner Name: Henry Filippini (1960'S)
Owner Name: Henry Filippini (1960'S) And Lessees
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1965
Discovery Year: 1960
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
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Thrust Faults
Type: L
Description: N Ne-Trending Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicic
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Production): 90 TONS ORE PRODUCED CONTAINING 0.75 OZ/TON AU; 4.9 OZ/TON AG; AND 0.25% CU.
Comment (Location): IN LOW HILLS ON EAST SIDE OF MOUTH OF WILLOW CANYON.
Comment (Development): 3 CLAIMS OPERATED INTERMITTENTLY BY LESSEES
Comment (Workings): SHAFT, DRIFT
Comment (Deposit): 3 CLAIMS, OWNED IN 1960'S BY HENRY FILIPPINI. PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENT WAS BY A 60-FT VERTICAL SHAFT WITH A SHORT DRIFT TO THE NORTH AT THE BOTTOM. THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN OPERATED INTERMITTENTLY BY LESSEES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): HILL, J.M., 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE CALIFORNIA AND NW NEVADA: U.S.G.S. BULL 594
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R.J., AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 459-B.
Reference (Deposit): SHARP, W., 1930, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE ELDORADO PROPERTY ON FILE AT NEV. BUR. OF MINES & GEOLOGY.
Reference (Production): ROBERTS, R.J., AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965.
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.
