The Fourth of July Tunnel is a silver, lead, and gold 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, Lead, Gold
Lat, Long: 39.46139, -115.98944
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Fourth of July Tunnel MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fourth of July Tunnel
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Secondary: 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
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: STRATABOUND
Structure
Type: R
Description: Diamond Tunnel Thrust. Orbodies On Upper Plate
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
Analytical Data: SEE NOLAN (1962) PAGE 68
Materials
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM PRECISION 500 M
Comment (Development): WORKINGS NOW PROBABLY PART OF THE DIAMOND MINE
Comment (Production): SMALL PRODUCTION INCLUDED SOME COPPER.
Comment (Deposit): THE WORKINGS ARE LOCATED AT THE SOUTHERN AND OF PROSPECT RIDGE, ONE OF FIVE MINERALIZED BLOCKS IN THE DISTRICT. THEY ARE NOW PROBABLY PART OF THE DIAMOND MINE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): ORE OCCURS AS REPLACEMENT OF DOLOMITE ALONG FRACTURED PERMEABLE
References
Reference (Deposit): USB OF M. (ELY) MILS NO 112, REFERENCE NO 3201100140
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, NEV. USGS P.P. 406
Reference (Production): NOLAN, T.B., (1962)
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS R.J., ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO. NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 64
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.
