Merritt Tunnel

The Merritt Tunnel is a gold mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,402 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Merritt Tunnel

Commodity

Primary: Gold

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: E. Affranchino Of Eureka

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: STRATABOUND

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Location): UTM PRECISION 500 M

Comment (Workings): TUNNEL

Comment (Development): E. AFFRANCHINO DID SOME WORK ON THE TUNNEL IN THE EARLY 1960'S BUT THE SMALL AMOUNTS OF GOLD ORE ARE UNLIKE THE PB-AG ORE COMMON TO THE DISTRICT

Comment (Deposit): LOCATED IN LOWER NEW YORK CANYON WHICH WAS THE SITE OF THE INITIAL DISCOVERY IN THE DISTRICT. E. AFFRANCHINO OF EUREKA, DID SOME WORK ON THE TUNNEL IN THE EARLY 60'S, BUT THE RELATIVELY SMALL AMOUNTS OF GOLD-RICH ORE APPEAR TO BE UNLIKE THE AG-PB ORE FOUND ELSEWHERE (NOLAN 1962) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Deposit): GOLD ORE IS LOCALIZED BY BRECCIATED ZONES IN DOLOMITE

Comment (Geology): COLD ORE OCCURS IN BRECCIATED DOLOMITE

References

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

Reference (Deposit): U.S.B. OF M. (ELY) MILS NO 118, REF. NO 3201100108

Reference (Deposit): NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, USGS PROF PAPER 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.