The Seventy Six Mine is a silver, gold, and lead mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,801 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold, Lead
Lat, Long: 39.49417, -115.96306
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Seventy Six Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Seventy Six Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Eureka District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
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Workings
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Ownership
Not available
Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1882
Discovery Year: 1864
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dolomite Was Jasperized Along Faults & Fractures
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM PRECISION 100M
Comment (Geology): THE HOST ROCK IS INTENSELY BRECCIATED DARK DOLOMITE. SEVERAL STEEP NW STRIKING FAULTS CUT THE DOLOMITE AND MAY HAVE SERVED AS CHANNELWAYS FOR ORE-FORMING SOLUTIONS
Comment (Development): SITE OF THE FIRST ORE DISCOVERY IN THE DISTRICT; WORKED FROM 1881 TO 1892.
Comment (Deposit): FAULTS AND BRECCIATION CONTROLLED ORE-FORMATION
Comment (Deposit): THE PROPERTY WAS THE SITE FOR THE FIRST DISCOVERY OF ORE IN THE DISTRICT IN 1864. WORKED FROM 1881-1892, 162 TONS VALUED AT $10,900 WAS PRODUCED. (NOLAN 1962). THE MINE IS LOCATED IN LOWER NEW YORK CANYON ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES (ELY) MILS NO 118, REFERENCE NO 3201100103
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT NEV., USGS PP. 406
Reference (Production): NOLAN, T.B. (1962)
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS ET AL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO. NEV., N. B. OF M. BULLETIN 64
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.
