| Deposit ID | 10044785 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M232374 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | American Shaft |
| Geographic coordinates: | -115.98673, 39.49243 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2256 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Eureka(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Pinto Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Mount Hamilton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Ely(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Diamond-Monitor 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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Eureka |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 019N | 053E | 27 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Ore |
| Plumbojarosite | Ore |
| Tetrahedrite | Ore |
| Model code | 72 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 19a |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic replacement |
| Mark3 model number | 47 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Eldorado Dolomite | ||||
| Rock description | Eldorado Dolomite | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -115.98673, 39.49243 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Jackson Normal Fault Zone Influenced Mineralization |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Eureka District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M232374 |
ROBERTS, EL AL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO. NEV., N.B. OF M. BULL 64
U.S.B. OF M. (ELY) MILS NO 118, REFERENCE NO 3201100102
NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, NEV., USGS PROF PAPER 406
NOLAN, T.B., 1962
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORE OCCURS AS IRREGULAR REPLACEMENT BODIES IN DOLOMITE ALONG THE JACKSON BRANCH OF THE JACKSON-LAWTON FAULT ZONE |
| Deposit | THE ORE WAS MINED TO THE 5TH UNDERGROUND LEVEL. LIES ALONG THE JACKSON BRANCH OF THE JACKSON-LAWTON FAULT ZONE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1980 | Kirkham, Richard A. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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