The Bullwacker Mine is a silver, lead, and gold mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,339 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,339 Feet (1,932 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead, Gold
Lat, Long: 39.52278, -115.99611
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Bullwacker Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bullwacker Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Tule Canyon 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: 1876
Discovery Year: 1876
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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, TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Series Of Small Vertical Faults Cut The Tilted & Domed Beds
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Plumbojarosite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Limonite
Ore: Hemimorphite
Gangue: Beudantite
Gangue: Hydrozincite
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM PRECISION 100 M
Comment (Deposit): OXIDIZED IRREGULAR REPLACEMENT ORE BODIES AND FISSURES IN LIMESTONE HOST
Comment (Geology): THE ORE BODIES ARE OXIDIZED PB-AG-AU IRREGULAR REPLACEMENT BODIES AND FISSURES IN THE LIMESTONE HOST
Comment (Deposit): THE MINE PRODUCED 4,654 TONS OF ORE VALUED AT $116,069 FROM 1876-1894. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE NORTH SLOPE OF ADAM'S HILL, ONE OF FIVE MINERALIZED BLOCKS IN THE DISTRICT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): MIESCH A.T. & NOLAN T.B.(1958) GOECHEM PROSPECTING STUDIES AT THE BULLWHACKER MINE, USGS BULL 1000-H
Reference (Production): NOLAN, T.B., (1962)
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS ET AL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO. NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 64
Reference (Deposit): U.S.B OF M. (ELY) MILS NO 123, REF NO9 3201100085
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN T.B. (1962) EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, NEV., USGS P.P. 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.
