Mehger Tunnel

The Mehger Tunnel is a lead and silver mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,499 feet.

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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: Mehger Tunnel
Secondary: Meagher
Secondary: Meger Tunnel
Secondary: Meagher Mine.

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Antimony

Location

State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Battle Mountain 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

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Adams, Charles

Owner Name: Adams, Charles

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1904
Discovery Year: 1900
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: TABULAR, PODS

Structure

Type: R
Description: Antler And Golconda Thrust Faults.

Type: L
Description: Ne-Trending Faults; Some Nw-Faults

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

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

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Location): W. SIDE OF HEAD OF COPPER CANYON, OPPOSITE NEVADA MINE

Comment (Development): LATER RELOCATED BY CHARLES ADAMS

Comment (Deposit): FISSURE VEINS, SHEAR ZONES

Comment (Workings): TUNNEL, STOPES, PITS, CROSSCUT

Comment (Geology): TWO PARALLEL FISSURES UP TO 4 TO 6 INCHES WIDE; ORE PODS UP TO 6 INCHES WIDE.

Comment (Deposit): MEGER TUNNEL WAS A CROSSCUT ABOUT 150 FT. LONG RUNNING WEST FROM THE HEAD OF COPPER CANYON. THE SULPHIDE ORE WAS FOLLOWED FOR 200 FEET AND STOPED IN SEVERAL PLACES. OPEN PITS ON OUT CROPPINGS HAVE YIELDED SOME CARBONATE ORE. PROPERTY WAS ORIGINALLY LOCATED BY WILLIAM MEAGHER ABOUT 1900, AND LATER RELOCATED BY CHARLES ADAMS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

Reference (Deposit): HILL, J.M., 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN N.E. CALIFORNIA AND NW. NEVADA; U.S.G.S. BULL. 594.

Reference (Deposit): STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER CO, NEV; NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 88.

Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R.J., AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA; U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 459-B.

Reference (Deposit): THEODORE, T.G., AND BLAKE, D.W., 1975, GEOL. & GEOCHEM. OF CY. CYN. PORPH. CU. POP. AND SURROUNDING AREA; USGS PROF. PAGE 798-B

Reference (Production): ROBERTS, R.J. AND ARNOLD, D.C.,1965

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.