The Gordon Tunnel is a lead, silver, and gold mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,201 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: 7,201 Feet (2,195 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 39.475, -115.99722
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Gordon Tunnel MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gordon Tunnel
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Eureka 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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
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: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR, TO TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM PRECISION 100 M; 1:2400 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1963 EDITION
Comment (Workings): NINE UNCONNECTED ADITS; OPEN CUTS.
Comment (Deposit): EXPLORATION CONSISTED OF NINE UNCONNECTED ADITS AND A NUMBER OF OPEN CUTS. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED ALONG PROSPECT RIDGE, ONE OF FIVE MINERALIZED BLOCKS IN THE DISTRICT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): DISTRICT PRODUCED CONSIDERABLE SULPHUR FROM DEPOSITS SHOWN TO WHITE MEN BY INDIANS IN THE 1870'S. IN 1882, THE DEPOSIT WAS PRODUCING 6 TONS SULPHUR A DAY, AND THE ASSOCIATED CINNABAR HAD BEEN RECOGNIZED. NO ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO RECOVER HG UNTIL 1941, AND THE PRODUCTION WAS VERY SMALL ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1870'S
Comment (Development): IN 1882, THE DEPOSIT WAS PRODUCING 6 TONS SULPHUR/DAY
Comment (Development): NINE UN-CONNECTED ADITS AND A NUMBER OF OPEN CUTS ALONG PROSPECT RIDGE
Comment (Deposit): OXIDE ORE OCCURS ALONG FRACTURES AND FISSURES, AS IRREGULAR PODS IN THE DOLOMITE.
Comment (Geology): THE OXIDIZED ORE OCCURS ALONG FRACTURES AND FISSURES, AS IRREGULAR PODS WITHIN THE DOLOMITE
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES (ELY) MILS NO 112, REFERENCE NO 3201100205
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG W.O. (1938) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN EUREKA CO., USBM 1.C.7022
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, USGS PROF PAPER 406
Reference (Production): NOLAN, T.B., (1962)
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.
