Metamoras Shaft

The Metamoras Shaft is a silver, gold, lead, and copper mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 8,599 feet.

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

Name: Metamoras Shaft  

State:  Nevada

County:  Eureka

Elevation: 8,599 Feet (2,621 Meters)

Commodity: Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper

Lat, Long: 39.47667, -115.99139

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Metamoras Shaft MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Metamoras Shaft


Commodity

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


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
Year First Production: 1874
Discovery Year: 1874
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: STRATABOUND


Structure

Type: R
Description: Diamond Tunnel Thrust Zone

Type: L
Description: Silver-Connor Transurese Fault Served To Lacalize Ore Deposition


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

Not available


Materials

Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Malachite


Comments

Comment (Location): UTM PRECISION 500M

Comment (Deposit): 1,424 TONS OF ORE WAS PRODUCED FROM 1874-1887. THE PROPERTY LIES WITHIN THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE PROSPECT RIDGE AREA, ONE OF FIVE MINERALIZED BLOCKS IN THE DISTRICT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Production): 1424 TONS ORE PRODUCED FROM 1874-1887, INCLUDING A SMALL AMOUNT OF COPPER

Comment (Deposit): OREBODIES LOCALIZED BY FRACTURED PERMEABLE ZONES AND FAVORABLE HOSTROCKS


References

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

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES (ELY) MILS NO 112, REFERENCE NO 3201100122

Reference (Deposit): NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, USGS P.P. 406

Reference (Production): NOLAN, T.B. (1962)


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.