The Bull Run is a gold mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Bull Run MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bull Run
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Edgemont
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1902
Discovery Year: 1902
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sulphides Leached Out Of Upper Workings
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Galena
Comments
Comment (Development): IN 1902, A 10-STAMP AMALGAMATION MILL WAS BUILT NEAR THE LOWEST ADIT, AND WAS LATER CLOSED DUE TO ITS INACCESSIBILITY. ABOUT $120,000 WORTH OF ORE WAS RECOVERED IN 1902-1903 PRIOR TO ITS CLOSURE.
Comment (Deposit): FISSURE VEIN, WITH QUARTZITE SHEETED PARALLEL TO VEIN.
Comment (Geology): THE QUARTZITE IS SHEETED PARALLEL TO THE VEIN, AND LOCALLY STRATIFICATION PARALLELS THE VEIN, ORE SAID TO CARRY SEVERAL DOLLARS TO THE TON (1910.) A LARGE PROPORTION OF WHICH IS FREE. THE LODE IS DISPLACED BY TWO N.E. TRENDING FAULTS WHICH CAUSE 30 TO 60 FEET OF OFFSET.
Comment (Deposit): IN 1902 A 10-STAMP, AMALGAMATING MILL WAS BUILT, NEAR THE LOWEST ADIT, LATER CLOSED DUE TO ITS INACCESSABILTY. ABOUT $120,000 WAS RECORDED IN 1902-1903 PRIOR TO CLOSURE. DEVELOPEMENT COMPRISED ABOUT ONE MILE OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH R.M. 71976-56) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO. NEV. USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT
Reference (Deposit): EMMONS W.H. (1910) RECONNAISSANCE OF ELKO, LANDER, & EUREKA GO.'S USGS BULL 408
Reference (Deposit): GRANGER A.E., 71957) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO NEV NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 54
Reference (Production): SMITH, R.M., 71976)
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.
