Gordon Tunnel

The Gordon Tunnel is a lead, silver, and gold mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,201 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Gordon Tunnel

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
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

Not available

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: IRREGULAR, TO TABULAR

Structure

Not available

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

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Location): UTM PRECISION 100 M; 1:2400 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1963 EDITION

Comment (Workings): NINE UNCONNECTED ADITS; OPEN CUTS.

Comment (Deposit): EXPLORATION CONSISTED OF NINE UNCONNECTED ADITS AND A NUMBER OF OPEN CUTS. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED ALONG PROSPECT RIDGE, ONE OF FIVE MINERALIZED BLOCKS IN THE DISTRICT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Deposit): DISTRICT PRODUCED CONSIDERABLE SULPHUR FROM DEPOSITS SHOWN TO WHITE MEN BY INDIANS IN THE 1870'S. IN 1882, THE DEPOSIT WAS PRODUCING 6 TONS SULPHUR A DAY, AND THE ASSOCIATED CINNABAR HAD BEEN RECOGNIZED. NO ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO RECOVER HG UNTIL 1941, AND THE PRODUCTION WAS VERY SMALL ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1870'S

Comment (Development): IN 1882, THE DEPOSIT WAS PRODUCING 6 TONS SULPHUR/DAY

Comment (Development): NINE UN-CONNECTED ADITS AND A NUMBER OF OPEN CUTS ALONG PROSPECT RIDGE

Comment (Deposit): OXIDE ORE OCCURS ALONG FRACTURES AND FISSURES, AS IRREGULAR PODS IN THE DOLOMITE.

Comment (Geology): THE OXIDIZED ORE OCCURS ALONG FRACTURES AND FISSURES, AS IRREGULAR PODS WITHIN THE DOLOMITE

References

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES (ELY) MILS NO 112, REFERENCE NO 3201100205

Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG W.O. (1938) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN EUREKA CO., USBM 1.C.7022

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.