Helen Shaft

Past Producer in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044800
MRDS ID M232391
Record type Site
Current site name Helen Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.99173, 39.51825 (WGS84)
Elevation 2007

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eureka(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark Lake(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019N 053E 15 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM PRECISION 100 M

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Hamburg Dolomite
    Rock description Hamburg Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.99173, 39.51825

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Deposits In Hanging Wall Of Ruby Hill Thrust

Ore body information

  • General form STRATABOUND

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractured, Permeable Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1899
Year of first production 1899

Mining district

District name Eureka District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT

Comments on development

  • 1899-1922 PRODUCTION PERIOD

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, ETAL. (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RES. OF EUREKA CO, NV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 64

  • Deposit

    US BUREAU OF MINES (ELY) MILS NO 123, REFERNCE NO 3201100088

  • Deposit

    NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA, USGS PP. 406.

  • Production

    NOLAN, T.B., 1962

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OCCURS AS REPLACEMENT OF DOLOMITE ALONG FRACTURED ZONES IN HANGING WALL OF RUBY HILL THRUST.
Deposit PRODUCED 1,817 TONS OF ORE WORTH $119,753 FROM 1899-1922 THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT THE SOUTHERN END OF ADAMS HILL, ORE OF FIVE MINERALIZED BLOCKS IN THE DISTRICT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1980 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.