Charter Tunnel

The Charter Tunnel is a silver, gold, and lead mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,001 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Charter 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

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Ownership

Not available

Production

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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

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Structure

Type: R
Description: Located On The Sharp Rangefrotn Fault

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Deposit): ORE LOCALIZED BY FAVORABLE PERMEABLE HORIZONS IN LIMESTONE

Comment (Geology): THE TUNNEL INTERCEPTS PROSPECT MOUNTAIN QUARTZITE AND GEDDES LIMESTONE

Comment (Deposit): THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE RUBY HILL AREA, THE RICHEST OF FIVE MINERALIZED BLOCKS IN THE DISTRICT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Location): UTM PRECISION 500 M

References

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

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

Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE EUREKA CO NEV., N.B. OF M. BULL 64

Reference (Deposit): USB OF M (ELY) MILS NO 119, REF. NO 3201100104

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.