The Elderado Mine is a lead mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,759 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,759 Feet (2,365 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 39.47917, -115.98500
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Elderado Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Elderado Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
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: 1873
Discovery Year: 1873
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 replacement
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR TO TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Deposit): WORKED FROM 1873 TO 1892, WHEN THE MINE PRODUCED 802 TONS OF ORE VALUED AT $69, 781. THE PROPERTY LIES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF PROSPECT RIDGE, ONE OF FIVE MINERALIZED BLOCKS IN THE DISTRICT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Geology): THE ORE BODY LIES AT THE NORTH END OF THE PROSPECT RIDGE MINERALIZED AREA, NORTH OF THE SILVER CONNER FAULT AND WEST OF THE JACKSON LAWTON FAULT. MOVEMENT ALONG THESE AND OTHER MORE LOCAL PLANES SERVED TO PREPARATE THE GROUND AND LATER SERVED AS CHANNEL WAYS FOR THE ORE FLUIDS.
Comment (Location): UTM PRECISION 100M
Comment (Development): WORKED FROM 1873 TO 1892
Comment (Deposit): REPLACEMENT ORE BODIES LOCALIZED BY FAVORABLE DOLOMITE BEDS AND INTERSECTIONS OF FRACTURED AND BRECCIATED ZONES.
References
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.
