The Charter Tunnel is a silver, gold, and lead mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold, Lead
Lat, Long: 39.49333, -115.99667
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Charter Tunnel MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Charter 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
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
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Located On The Sharp Rangefrotn Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ORE LOCALIZED BY FAVORABLE PERMEABLE HORIZONS IN LIMESTONE
Comment (Geology): THE TUNNEL INTERCEPTS PROSPECT MOUNTAIN QUARTZITE AND GEDDES LIMESTONE
Comment (Deposit): THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE RUBY HILL AREA, THE RICHEST OF FIVE MINERALIZED BLOCKS IN THE DISTRICT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): UTM PRECISION 500 M
References
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, NEV., USGS PP. 406
Reference (Production): NOLAN, T.B., 1962
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE EUREKA CO NEV., N.B. OF M. BULL 64
Reference (Deposit): USB OF M (ELY) MILS NO 119, REF. NO 3201100104
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.
