The Resurrection is a silver mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Resurrection MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Resurrection
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Mountain City
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1875
Discovery Year: 1875
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): QUARTZ MONZONITE IS CUT BY NUMEROUS FRACTURES WHICH HIVE IT A SHEETED APPEARANCE. SEVERAL NARROW QUARTZ VEINS ARE EMPLACED PARALLEL TO THE SHEETING.
Comment (Deposit): NEAR-SURFACE POCKETS IN SHEARZONE-VEINS IN SHEETED QUARTZ MONZONITE.
Comment (Workings): TUNNELS, PITS, SHALLOW INCLINES, INACCESSIBLE IN 1908
Comment (Deposit): IN THE 1870'S RICH AG CHLORIDE ORE WAS TAKEN FROM THE MINE(EMMONS P. 83). THIS ORE WAS IN NEAR SURFACE POCKETS. TUNNELS, PIT, AND SHALLOW INCLINES, INACCESSIBLE IN 1908 ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1870'S
Comment (Location): UTM IS APPROX., I200M.
Comment (Production): $45,000 WORTH OF PRODUCTION IN EARLY YEARS.
Comment (Development): IN THE 1870'S RICH SILVER CHLORIDE ORE WAS TAKEN FROM THE MINE
References
Reference (Deposit): 1) SMITH, R. M., 1976, MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA, USGS. OPEN FILE REPT. 1976-56
Reference (Deposit): 2) NOLAN T. B.,1932B. THE MOUNTAIN CITY DISTRICT. NBMG OPEN FILE REPT.
Reference (Production): EMMONS, W. M., (1910), P 82-83
Reference (Deposit): EMMONS. W. H., 1910, A RECONNAISSANCE OF SOME MINING CAMPS IN ELKO, LANDER, AND EUREKA COUNTIES, NEVADA, U.S.G.S. BULL. 408
Reference (Deposit): GRANGER, A. E., ETAL, 1957, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO COUNTY, NEVADA NBMG BULL. 54.
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R. T., RADTKE, A. S., AND COATS R.R., 1976, GOLD BEARING DEPOSITS IN NORTH-CENTRAL NEVADA AND SOUTHWESTERN IDAHO; ECON. GEOL. U.66, NO 1 P. 14-33.
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.
