Mineral Hill Mines

The Mineral Hill Mines is a silver 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: Mineral Hill Mines
Secondary: Queen Tunnel
Secondary: Taylor Tunnel

Commodity

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

Location

State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Mineral Hill 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

Type: Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1870
Discovery Year: 1870
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L

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 replacement

Orebody

Form: TABULAR, STRATABOUND

Structure

Type: R
Description: Roberts Mountain Thrust (Overturned)

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Jasperoid Around Fracture Zones

Rocks

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

Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Pyromorphite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Barite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): ORE REPLACES LIMESTONE IN FRACTURED ZONE OF ROBERTS MTN THRUST FAULT

Comment (Geology): THE PRINCIPLE ORE BODIES ARE IN CRUSHED AND FRACTURED LIMESTONE ADJACENT TO THE THRUST JASPEROID IS FOUND AT MANY PLACES GENERALLY REPLACING-LIMESTONE IN THE FRACTURED ZONE. A FEW NARROW DIKES OF ALTERRED IGNEOUS ROCKS CUT THE LIMESTONE. (ROBERTS P. 99)

Comment (Deposit): MOST PRODUCTION OCCURRED BETWEEN 1870 AND 1876, HOWEVER THE MINE HAS BEEN ACTIBE INTERMITTENTLY EVER SINCE. DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF ABOUT 2000 FEET OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Production): ORE CONTAINED SOME COPPER, LEAD AND ZINC, TOO.

Comment (Development): MOST PRODUCTION WAS FROM 1870 TO 1876 WITH INTERMITTENT ACTIVITY SINCE THEN

References

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

Reference (Deposit): EMMONS, W.H. (1910) MININGS CAMPS IN ELKO, LANDER, & EUREKA CO. NEV, USGS BULL 408

Reference (Production): VANDERBURG, W.O., (1938)

Reference (Deposit): USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 28, REFERENCE NO. 3201100160

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