The Mineral Hill Mines is a silver mine located in Eureka county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Mineral Hill Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mineral Hill Mines
Secondary: Queen Tunnel
Secondary: Taylor Tunnel
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Mineral Hill District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1870
Discovery Year: 1870
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic replacement
Orebody
Form: TABULAR, STRATABOUND
Structure
Type: R
Description: Roberts Mountain Thrust (Overturned)
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Jasperoid Around Fracture Zones
Rocks
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Devonian
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Pyromorphite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Barite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ORE REPLACES LIMESTONE IN FRACTURED ZONE OF ROBERTS MTN THRUST FAULT
Comment (Geology): THE PRINCIPLE ORE BODIES ARE IN CRUSHED AND FRACTURED LIMESTONE ADJACENT TO THE THRUST JASPEROID IS FOUND AT MANY PLACES GENERALLY REPLACING-LIMESTONE IN THE FRACTURED ZONE. A FEW NARROW DIKES OF ALTERRED IGNEOUS ROCKS CUT THE LIMESTONE. (ROBERTS P. 99)
Comment (Deposit): MOST PRODUCTION OCCURRED BETWEEN 1870 AND 1876, HOWEVER THE MINE HAS BEEN ACTIBE INTERMITTENTLY EVER SINCE. DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF ABOUT 2000 FEET OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Production): ORE CONTAINED SOME COPPER, LEAD AND ZINC, TOO.
Comment (Development): MOST PRODUCTION WAS FROM 1870 TO 1876 WITH INTERMITTENT ACTIVITY SINCE THEN
References
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS R.J., ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO., NEV. BUR OF MINES BULL 64
Reference (Deposit): EMMONS, W.H. (1910) MININGS CAMPS IN ELKO, LANDER, & EUREKA CO. NEV, USGS BULL 408
Reference (Production): VANDERBURG, W.O., (1938)
Reference (Deposit): USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 28, REFERENCE NO. 3201100160
Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG W.O. (1938) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN EUREKA CO. NEV., USBM 1.C. 7022
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.
