The Uvada Tunnel is a silver and gold mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,781 feet.
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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
Elevation: 6,781 Feet (2,067 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 37.90111, -114.05083
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Uvada Tunnel MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Uvada Tunnel
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Eagle Valley (Gold Springs) District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
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
Type: L
Description: Slight To Intense Fracturing; Cross-Faulting
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillic
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: OF 3 VEIN SAMPLES, ONLY ONE SHOWED GOLD AND SILVER
Analytical Data: 0.065 OZ/T AU AND 0.1 OZ/T AG
Materials
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1972
Comment (Deposit): AN AREA OF MASSIVE CALCITE 25 FT WIDE, 50 FT FROM THE FACE, MAY POSSIBLY CORRELATE WITH THE SPAR VEIN IN THE JENNIE MINE. A CALCITE VEIN CONTAINING MANGANESE OXIDES, WHICH IS PROBABLY THE JENNIE VEIN, WAS INTERSECTED 520 FT FROM THE PORTAL AND ADRIFT WAS DRIVEN ALONG IT TO THE NORTH FOR 170 FT.
Comment (Workings): UVADA TUNNEL WAS DRIVEN TO CROSSCUT THE THOR AND JENNIE VEINS. ONE MAJOR VEIN IS CROSSCUT 520 FT FROM THE PORTAL, AND WAS DRIFTER ON THE NORTH.
References
Reference (Deposit): PERRY, L.I., 1976, UTAH GEOLOGY, VOL. 3, NO 1., P. 34, PL. 2
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.
