Bradshaw Mine

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Uranium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037369
MRDS ID M032068
Record type Site
Current site name Bradshaw Mine
Related records 10173792

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.3114, 38.44856 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES SE OF ATLANTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Atlanta(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wilson Creek Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spring-Steptoe Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
07N 68E 26 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • AREA UNSURVEYED. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Goethite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault

Ore body information

  • General form LENS, TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
    Strike N45W TO N60W TO N60W
    Dip 50NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault, Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE IN 2 ZONES OF RED JASPEROID A WESTERN ZONE 500 FEET LONG AND 150 FEET WIDE, EASTERN ZONE IS SMALLER NARROW N60W STRINGERS AND CREVICES CARRY OXIDIZED AG MINERALS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Atlanta District; Silver Park District; Silver Springs District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • LARGE OPEN PIT AND AN INCLINED SHAFT DEVELOPED ON THE WESTERN JASPEROID ZONE. ONE ADIT WITH ABOUT 150 FT OF WORKINGS. ONE DRIFT IS PERPENDICULAR TO THE FAULT ZONE AND 2 DRIFTS PARALLEL THE FAULT ZONE.. ONE ADIT WITH ABOUT 150 FT OF WORKINGS. ONE DRIFT IS PERPENDICULAR TO THE FAULT ZONE AND 2 DRIFTS PARALLEL THE FAULT ZONE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TSCHANTZ CM & PAMPEYAN EH, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 73

  • Deposit

    HILL, J. M., 1916, USGS BULL 648

  • Deposit

    NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE 164

  • Deposit

    COX, JOHN W., 1981, GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE ATLANTA DISTRICT, LINCOLN COUNTY, NEVADA; M. S. THESIS, UNIV NEVADA, RENO.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORKINGS PENETRATE A LARGE SILICIFIED OUTCROP ON THE BRADSHAW FAULT ZONE. THE SILICIFIED ROCK DIPS ABOUT 35 NE AND IS ELONGATE NW-SE PARALLEL TO THE FAULT ZONE. THE ROCK IS SIMILAR TO THAT IN THE ATLANTA MINE EXCEPT THAT IT HAS FEWER OPEN SPACES. BRECCIA FRAGMENTS APPEAR TO BE COMPLETELY SILICIFIED CARBONATE ROCK. THE DEEPEST PORTIONS OF THE MINE PENETRATE CARBONATE BEDS WHICH HAVE BEEN SILICIFIED INTACT WITH ONLY MINOR BRECCIATION. NO SULFIDE MINERALS WERE FOUND BUT LIMONITE PRESENT IN OPEN SPACES HAS PROBABLY BEEN DERIVED FROM OXIDATION OF PYRITE. SAMPLING DONE BY STANDARD SLAG CO INDICATES WIDESPREAD AU AND AG MINERALIZATION PRESENT AT THE BRADSHAW MINE.INU VISIBLE U MINERALS ARE PRESENT, BUT A RADIOMETRIC SURVEY OF THE MINE DUMP IN 1978 INDICATES ANOMALOUS RADIOACTIVITY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1980 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

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