The Mehger Tunnel is a lead and silver mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,499 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,499 Feet (1,981 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.55444, -117.13528
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Mehger Tunnel MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mehger Tunnel
Secondary: Meagher
Secondary: Meger Tunnel
Secondary: Meagher Mine.
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Battle Mountain 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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Adams, Charles
Owner Name: Adams, Charles
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1904
Discovery Year: 1900
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: TABULAR, PODS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Antler And Golconda Thrust Faults.
Type: L
Description: Ne-Trending Faults; Some Nw-Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): W. SIDE OF HEAD OF COPPER CANYON, OPPOSITE NEVADA MINE
Comment (Development): LATER RELOCATED BY CHARLES ADAMS
Comment (Deposit): FISSURE VEINS, SHEAR ZONES
Comment (Workings): TUNNEL, STOPES, PITS, CROSSCUT
Comment (Geology): TWO PARALLEL FISSURES UP TO 4 TO 6 INCHES WIDE; ORE PODS UP TO 6 INCHES WIDE.
Comment (Deposit): MEGER TUNNEL WAS A CROSSCUT ABOUT 150 FT. LONG RUNNING WEST FROM THE HEAD OF COPPER CANYON. THE SULPHIDE ORE WAS FOLLOWED FOR 200 FEET AND STOPED IN SEVERAL PLACES. OPEN PITS ON OUT CROPPINGS HAVE YIELDED SOME CARBONATE ORE. PROPERTY WAS ORIGINALLY LOCATED BY WILLIAM MEAGHER ABOUT 1900, AND LATER RELOCATED BY CHARLES ADAMS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): HILL, J.M., 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN N.E. CALIFORNIA AND NW. NEVADA; U.S.G.S. BULL. 594.
Reference (Deposit): STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER CO, NEV; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 88.
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R.J., AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA; U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 459-B.
Reference (Deposit): THEODORE, T.G., AND BLAKE, D.W., 1975, GEOL. & GEOCHEM. OF CY. CYN. PORPH. CU. POP. AND SURROUNDING AREA; USGS PROF. PAGE 798-B
Reference (Production): ROBERTS, R.J. AND ARNOLD, D.C.,1965
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.
