The Rogers Tunnel is a gold, silver, and lead mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,339 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,339 Feet (2,237 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 39.5, -115.98556
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Rogers Tunnel MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rogers Tunnel
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
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
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault Zones; Intrusive Contact
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sediments Cak-Silicated
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Thulite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE PROSPECT IS SITUATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF RUBY HILL, IT WAS ONE OF THE FEW WORKINGS EXPLORING SKARNS.
Comment (Location): UTM PRECISION 500 M
Comment (Deposit): MASSIVE SULFIDE-GARNET SKARN REPLACING DOLOMITE OUTWARD FROM A QUARTZ-DIORITE STOCK
Comment (Geology): THE ORE OCCURS AS A MASSIVE SULFIDE-GARNET SKARN, WHICH REPLACED THE DOLOMITE OUTWARD FROM THE QUARTZ DIORITE STOCK. THE STOCK WAS DATED AS 62 + 12 MILLION YEARS (NOLAN, 1962).
References
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO., NEV. BAREAU OF MINES BULL 64
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES (ELY) MILS NO 119, REFERENCE NO. 3201100099
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT NEV, USGS P.P. 406
Reference (Production): NOLAN, T.B. (1962)
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.
