The Ilo Tunnel is a copper mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Ilo Tunnel MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ilo Tunnel
Secondary: Nevada Bellevue
Secondary: Marshall
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Contact (48)
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Nevada - Belleview Copper Mining Co.
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: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Snake River Plain
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): 20 CARLOADS ORE (1928-1930), AVG. 9% CU, 4 OZ. AG., $0.70/TON AU
Comment (Development): HAULAGE TUNNEL, BUT HAD SOME MINOR PRODUCTION (1928-1930?) WHEN 20 CARS OF ORE WERE SHIPPED
Comment (Deposit): VEIN
Comment (Workings): TUNNEL FOR HAULAGE, DEVELOPMENT & DRAINAGE OF THE NEVADA - BELLEVIEW MINE IN 1926
Comment (Deposit): THIS TUNNEL IS PART OF THE NEVADA-BELLEVUE GROUP. IN 1828-1830, 20 CARS OF ORE WAS SHIPPED FROM THIS TUNNEL ASSAYING 9% CU, 4 OZ. AG AND $.70 AU TO THE TON. THE TUNNEL WAS DRIVEN FOR PURPOSES OF DEVELOPMENT AND DRAINAGE IN THE NEVADA-BELLEVUE MINE IN 1926. (SCHRADER, 1935, P 24) MINERAL SURVEY NO. 3959 HAULAGE-DRAINAGE TUNNEL-NO GEOLOGY-MINERALOGY APPLYS! ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R.M. (1976) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR 76-56, P 39-45.
Reference (Deposit): HOPE, R.A. & COATS, R.R. (1976) PRELIM. GEOLOGIC MAP OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR 76-779
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C. (1935) THE CONTACT MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BUL 847-A
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.
