Burke

The Burke is a copper and silver mine located in Elko county, Nevada.

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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

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Site Name

Primary: Burke
Secondary: Burk Fraction
Secondary: California?

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver

Location

State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Railroad

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

Owner Name: Nevada-Bunker Hill Mining Co. (Early 1900'S)

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1900
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Location): E OF WEST END LODE N SLOPE OF BUNKER HILL

Comment (Deposit): COPPER-LEAD-SILVER PROSPECT-REPLACEMENT

Comment (Deposit): THE BURLSE OR BURLS FRACTION CLAIM IS LOCATED ON THE NORTH SLOPE OF BUNKER HILL, WEST OF THE STORM KING CLAIM, AND E OF THE WEST END LODE. THIS IS PERHAPS THE SAME AS THE CALIFORNIA PATENTED CLAIM (KETNER, 1963 P B25). THE BURKE CLAIM WAS INCLUDED IN THE HOLDUPS OF THE NEVADA BUNKER HILL MINING TO WHICH WAS ACTIVE IN THE FIRST SEVERAL DECADES OF 1900. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

References

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R.M., MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELLSO COUNTY, NEVADA, USGS OPEN FILE REPORT 1976-56

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES FILES74

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.