The California Tunnel is a silver, gold, lead, and copper mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,799 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: 7,799 Feet (2,377 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper
Lat, Long: 39.4675, -115.98000
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California Tunnel MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: California Tunnel
Secondary: California & Silver King
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
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: 1879
Discovery Year: 1879
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
Structure
Type: L
Description: Northeast-Striking Transverse Faults More Abundant
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Local Silicification
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: Anglesite
Comments
Comment (Location): TUM PRECISION 500M
Comment (Deposit): WORKED INTERMITANTLY FROM 1879 TO 1917, 3,378 TON OF ORE VALUED AT $108,644 WERE PRODUCED (NOLAN 1962). THE MINE IS SITUATED ALONG THE DUNDERBERG-WINDFALL BELT, ONE OF FIVE MINERALIZED BLOCKSIN THE DISTRICT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Development): WORKED INTERMITTENTLY FROM 1879 TO 1917
Comment (Deposit): REPLACEMENT OREBODIES IN FRACTURED ZONES OF DOLOMITE
References
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS R.J., ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO. NEV., NEV. BUREAR OF MINES BULL 64
Reference (Deposit): USB OF M. (ELY) MILS NO 112 REF NO 3201100128
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN T.B., (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, USGS PROF PAPER 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.
