Rogers Tunnel

The Rogers Tunnel is a gold, silver, and lead mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,339 feet.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Rogers Tunnel  

State:  Nevada

County:  Eureka

Elevation: 7,339 Feet (2,237 Meters)

Commodity: Gold, Silver, Lead

Lat, Long: 39.5, -115.98556

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Rogers Tunnel MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Rogers Tunnel


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
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

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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

Not available


Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR


Structure

Type: L
Description: Fault Zones; Intrusive Contact


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sediments Cak-Silicated


Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Galena
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Thulite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): THE PROSPECT IS SITUATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF RUBY HILL, IT WAS ONE OF THE FEW WORKINGS EXPLORING SKARNS.

Comment (Location): UTM PRECISION 500 M

Comment (Deposit): MASSIVE SULFIDE-GARNET SKARN REPLACING DOLOMITE OUTWARD FROM A QUARTZ-DIORITE STOCK

Comment (Geology): THE ORE OCCURS AS A MASSIVE SULFIDE-GARNET SKARN, WHICH REPLACED THE DOLOMITE OUTWARD FROM THE QUARTZ DIORITE STOCK. THE STOCK WAS DATED AS 62 + 12 MILLION YEARS (NOLAN, 1962).


References

Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO., NEV. BAREAU OF MINES BULL 64

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES (ELY) MILS NO 119, REFERENCE NO. 3201100099

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

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


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.