The Burke is a copper and silver mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Burke MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Burke
Secondary: Burk Fraction
Secondary: California?
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Railroad
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Owner Name: Nevada-Bunker Hill Mining Co. (Early 1900'S)
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1900
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Devonian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): E OF WEST END LODE N SLOPE OF BUNKER HILL
Comment (Deposit): COPPER-LEAD-SILVER PROSPECT-REPLACEMENT
Comment (Deposit): THE BURLSE OR BURLS FRACTION CLAIM IS LOCATED ON THE NORTH SLOPE OF BUNKER HILL, WEST OF THE STORM KING CLAIM, AND E OF THE WEST END LODE. THIS IS PERHAPS THE SAME AS THE CALIFORNIA PATENTED CLAIM (KETNER, 1963 P B25). THE BURKE CLAIM WAS INCLUDED IN THE HOLDUPS OF THE NEVADA BUNKER HILL MINING TO WHICH WAS ACTIVE IN THE FIRST SEVERAL DECADES OF 1900. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R.M., MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELLSO COUNTY, NEVADA, USGS OPEN FILE REPORT 1976-56
Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES FILES74
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.
