The Harmill, New York and Eva Mining Properties is a lead and silver mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada.
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Harmill, New York and Eva Mining Properties MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Harmill, New York and Eva Mining Properties
Secondary: Monitor No. 1 Claim
Secondary: Eva Claim
Secondary: New York Claim
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Monte Zuma 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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Reorganized Silver King Divide Mining Co., Tonopah, Nevada
Years: 1945 -
Production
Year: 1945
Time Period: 1930-1945
Material type: ORE PB-AG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^50% Pb, 35 Oz/Ton Ag, 2% Zn
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1867
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Strong Hydrothermal Alteration In The Area.
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 2.2% ZN FOR ABOUT 600 TONS ORE
Analytical Data: 60.8% PB
Analytical Data: 1931 SMELTER RETURN: 35.8 OZ/T AG
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): 8 CLAIMS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Production): HARMILL DIVIDE MINING CO. SHIPPED THIS ORE AFTER 1920'S AND BEFORE 1945
Comment (Development): DISTRICT WAS DISCOVERED IN 1867, 10-STAMP MILL INSTALLED IN 1870, SMALL LEAD SMELTER BUILT AND OPERATED UNTIL 1873; RENEWED ACTIVITY IN 1905 WITH INTERMITTENT ORE SHIPMENTS THROUGH 1945
Comment (Deposit): OREBODIES ARE VEINS IN LIMESTONE AND SHALE AND REPLACEMENTS IN LIMESTONE AT QUARTZ MONZONITE CONTACTS
Comment (Workings): IN LATE 1920'S HARMILL DIVIDE MINING CO. SANK A SHAFT 300 FT ON THE MONITOR NO. 1 CLAIM AND DID SOME LATERAL DEVELOPMENT WORK ON TOW ORE SHOOTS. NO. 1 SHAFT ON NEW YORK CLAIM WAS SUNK ABOUT 1870 AND IS ABOUT 160 FT DEEP, GOING THROUGH A LARGE OPEN STOPE. TUNNEL 150 FT LONG & 100 FT LONG OPEN STOPE ON EVA CLAIM.
References
Reference (Production): HUGHES, H.H., 1945
Reference (Deposit): WEED, 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK, VOL XV, P. 1221
Reference (Deposit): STRETCH, R.H., 1904, ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, VOL. 78, P. 5-6, LETTER TO EDITOR. NBMG FILE 97, ITEM 3.
Reference (Deposit): HUGHES, H.H., 1945, UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON THE HARMILL, NEW YORK, AND EVA PROPERTIES: NBMG FILE 97, ITEM 1.
Reference (Deposit): GILES, E.S., 1944, UNPUBLISHED LETTER TO MR. VOLLMER ON HRMILL PROPERTY: NBMG FILE 97, ITEM 2.
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.
