The Holly Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,539 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,539 Feet (1,993 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 39.52361, -115.98694
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Holly Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Holly Mine
Secondary: Eureka Holly Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: 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
Year First Production: 1915
Discovery Year: 1915
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: STRATIFORM BEDDED REPLACEMENTS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Deposits In Hanging Wall Of Ruby Hill Thrust
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Hemimorphite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Anglesite
Comments
Comment (Geology): THE ORE OCCURS AS BEDDED REPLACEMENTS IN LIMESTONE OF THE WINDFALL AND GOODWIN FORMATIONS. THE LIMESTONES WERE PREFERENTIALLY REPLACED AND THE OREBODIES CONTROLLED BY THE INTERSECTION OF THE LIMESTONE BEDS W/STEEPLY DIPPING FRACTURES.
Comment (Deposit): THE MINE PRODUCED 67,271 TONS WORTH $1,156,738 FROM 1915-1927(NOLAN 1962) THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE NORTH SLOPE OF ADAM HILL, ONE OF FIVE MINERALIZED BLACKS IN THE DISTRICT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): UTM PRECISION 100M
Comment (Production): MINE PRODUCED 67,271 TONS ORE WORTH $1,156,738 FROM 1915 TO 1927 INCLUDING SOME COPPER AND GOLD.
Comment (Deposit): BEDDED REPLACEMENTS IN LIMESTONE; CONTROLLED BY FRACTURE INTERSECTIONS.
References
Reference (Deposit): ROBERT, ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO. NEV. NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 64.
Reference (Deposit): U.S.B. OF M. (ELY) MILS. NO.123, REF. NO. 3201100086, MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 37.096
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.
