The Eureka Tunnel is a silver, gold, and lead mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,399 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,399 Feet (2,560 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold, Lead
Lat, Long: 39.47972, -115.99167
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Eureka Tunnel MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Eureka Tunnel
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
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1880
Discovery Year: 1881
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
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, PODS, PIPELIKE BODY
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): THE ORE IS HIGHLY SILICEOUS, W/QUARTZ, CALCITE GANGUE.
Comment (Location): UTM PRECISION 100M
Comment (Development): WORKED FROM 1881-1892
Comment (Geology): THE ORE OCCURS AS IRREGULAR REPLACEMENT BODIES AND PODS CONCENTRATED INTO A PIPELIKE HABIT.
Comment (Deposit): WORKED FROM 1881 TO 1892, 4,550 TONS OF ORE WORTH $206,308 WERE PRODUCED (NOLAN 1962). THE PROPERTY LIES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PROSPECT RIDGE AREA, ONE OF FIVE MINERALIZED BLOCKS IN THE DISTRICT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): REPLACEMENT ORE BODIES IN POLOMITE LOCALIZED BY BRECCIATED, FRACTURED, FAULTED ZONES
References
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS R.J., ET AL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO. NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 64
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES (ELY) MILS NO. 117, REFERENCE NO. 3201100113
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA, USGS PP. 406
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.
