The Bullshead Mine is a lead mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,900 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,900 Feet (2,408 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 40.56056, -114.79528
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Bullshead Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bullshead Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Spruce Mountain
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Location): NE SLOPE SPRUCE MT.
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION TOTALLED OVER $100,000 WORTH, INCLUDING SOME COPPER AND ZINC.
Comment (Deposit): THE BULLSHEAD MINE HAS ABOUT 6,000 FT OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS, MOSTLY DRIFTS, ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CANYON. IN 1917 A 50-TON SMELTER WAS BUILT AND WORKED SEASONALLY. IN 1918 THIS MINE WAS ONE OF THE CHIEF PRODUCERS IN THE DISTRICT, AND AGAIN IN 1922, IN 1926, 150 TONS OF LEAD ORE WAS SHIPPED BY LESSEES AND IN 1931 LESSEES WERE WORKING IN THE UPPER ADIT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Development): IN 1917, A. 50-TONS MELTER WAS BUILT, AND OPERATED SEASONALLY. IN 1918, THE MINE WAS ONE OF THE CHIEF PRODUCERS IN THE DISTRICT, AND AGAIN IN 1922. IN 1926, 150 TONS LEAD ORE WERE SHIPPED BY LESSEES, AND IN 1931, LESSEES WERE WORKING IN THE UPPER ADIT.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN; KAOLIMZED RHYOLITE PORPHYRY
Comment (Workings): DRIFTS
Comment (Geology): KAOLINIZED RHYOLITE PORPHPY W/CUOXT FEOX
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F. C, (1931), SPRUCE MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, ELKO COUNTY, U. OF N. BULL, VOL. XXV, NO. 7
Reference (Deposit): HUNT, S.E., (1936), MINING GEOLOGY OUTLINED, RENO, NEVADA
Reference (Deposit): FIELD EXAM BY J.U. TINGLEY, NBMG, ON 7/24/80
Reference (Production): SCHRADER (1931) P. 19.
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.
