Berlin

The Berlin is a gold, silver, and lead mine located in Eureka county, Nevada.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Berlin
Secondary: Roberts Mining Co.

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper

Location

State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Cortez District

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

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1910
Discovery Year: 1910
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

Model Name: Polymetallic veins

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Roberts Mtn Thrust

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Devonian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite

Comments

Comment (Production): ABOUT $40,000 WORTH OF AU AG, PB WITH SOME CU WAS PRODUCED PRIOR TO 1910

Comment (Deposit): ABOUT $40,000 OF AU, AG, & PB WAS PRODUCED PRIOR TO 1910. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Location): NEAR FALCONER

Comment (Development): ABOUT $40,000 WORTH OF GOLD, SILVER, AND LEAD HAD BEEN PRODUCED BY 1910

Comment (Deposit): FISSURE VEINS AT CONTACT OF INTRUSIVE WITH LIMESTONE

Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT AT CONTALT OF JURASSIC QUARTZ MONZONITE IN HUSIVE AND THE VENBAN LIMESTONE

References

Reference (Deposit): EMMONS, W.H. (1910) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IS EUREKA, LANDER, & ELKO COS, USGS BULL 408

Reference (Production): EMMONS, W.H. (1910)

Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS R.J., ETAL (1967) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IS EUREKA CO. USBM IC 7022

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.