Dead Broke Tunnel

The Dead Broke Tunnel is a silver, gold, and lead mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,399 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Dead Broke Tunnel

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

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Eureka Consolidated Mining Co.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1873
Discovery Year: 1873
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: PODS, TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Deposit In Upper Plate Of Diamond Tunnel Thrust

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Anglesite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): WORKED FROM 1873 TO 1897, 470 TONS WORTH $17,567 WAS PRODUCED (NOLAN 1962). THE PROPERTY IS SITUATED ALONG PROSPECT RIDGE, ONE OF FIVE MINERALIZED BLOCKS IN THE DISTRICT. IT IS NOW OWNED BY THE EUREKA CONSOLIDATED MINING COMPANY ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Location): UTM PRECISION 500M

Comment (Deposit): ORE OCCURS AS SMALL POD-LIKE MASSES ALONG FISSURES IN THE DOLOMITE

Comment (Geology): ORE OCCURS AS SMALL POD-LIKE MASSES ALONG FISSURES IN THE DOLOMITE. THE ORE BODY LIES IN THE UPPER PLATE OF THE DIAMOND TUNNEL THRUST, WHICH SOUNDS THE MINERALIZED AREA TO THE EAST.

References

Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS R.J., ET AL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO. NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 64

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES (ELY) MILS NO 112, REFERENCE NO 3201100131

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

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

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.