Harmill, New York and Eva Mining Properties

The Harmill, New York and Eva Mining Properties is a lead and silver mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada.

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Mine Info

Name: Harmill, New York and Eva Mining Properties  

State:  Nevada

County:  Esmeralda

Elevation:

Commodity: Lead, Silver

Lat, Long: 37.71389, -117.38167

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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

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.