Seventy Six Mine

The Seventy Six Mine is a silver, gold, and lead mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,801 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Seventy Six Mine

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead

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

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1882
Discovery Year: 1864
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dolomite Was Jasperized Along Faults & Fractures

Rocks

Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician

Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Location): UTM PRECISION 100M

Comment (Geology): THE HOST ROCK IS INTENSELY BRECCIATED DARK DOLOMITE. SEVERAL STEEP NW STRIKING FAULTS CUT THE DOLOMITE AND MAY HAVE SERVED AS CHANNELWAYS FOR ORE-FORMING SOLUTIONS

Comment (Development): SITE OF THE FIRST ORE DISCOVERY IN THE DISTRICT; WORKED FROM 1881 TO 1892.

Comment (Deposit): FAULTS AND BRECCIATION CONTROLLED ORE-FORMATION

Comment (Deposit): THE PROPERTY WAS THE SITE FOR THE FIRST DISCOVERY OF ORE IN THE DISTRICT IN 1864. WORKED FROM 1881-1892, 162 TONS VALUED AT $10,900 WAS PRODUCED. (NOLAN 1962). THE MINE IS LOCATED IN LOWER NEW YORK CANYON ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES (ELY) MILS NO 118, REFERENCE NO 3201100103

Reference (Deposit): NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT NEV., USGS PP. 406

Reference (Production): NOLAN, T.B. (1962)

Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS ET AL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO. NEV., N. B. OF M. BULLETIN 64

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.