Bull Hill Shaft

The Bull Hill Shaft is a fluorine-fluorite, gold, and silver mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,520 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Bull Hill Shaft  

State:  Nevada

County:  Lincoln

Elevation: 7,520 Feet (2,292 Meters)

Commodity: Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 37.91778, -114.05833

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Bull Hill Shaft MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Bull Hill Shaft


Commodity

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver


Location

State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Eagle Valley (Fay) District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 0.2-2.6 OZ/T AG
Analytical Data: 6 MINE SAMPLES ASSAYED 0.020-0.43 OZ/T AU


Materials

Gangue: Hematite
Unknown: Fluorite


Comments

Comment (Commodity): PURPLE AND GREEN FLUORITE (MORE PURPLE THAN GREEN)

Comment (Deposit): METALS ARE MAINLY ASSOCIATED WITH HEMATITE-RICH MATERIAL. VEIN SPLITS INTO 2 ONE-FT WIDE STRINGERS AT BOTTOM OF SHAFT

Comment (Workings): SHAFT SUNK ON VEIN


References

Reference (Deposit): PERRY, L.I., 1976, UTAH GEOLOGY, VOL. 3, NO. 1, P. 35.

Reference (Deposit): USGS, 1920, P.P. 111, P. 563-568


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.