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Atlanta Mine

Producer in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Uranium
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  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. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10080425
MRDS ID W031572
Record type Site
Current site name Atlanta Mine
Alternate or previous names Atlanta Home, Atlanta N0s. 1-3, Atlanta Strip No. 1, Hillside, Sparrow Hawk, Pactolion Fraction, Belle
Related records 10310401

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.32251, 38.46578 (WGS84)
Elevation 2091
Relative position 1/2 MI. EAST OF ATLANTA, 50 MI. NE OF PIOCHE.

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
Mount Diablo 007N 068E 24 SW4 OF SW4 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Alunite Gangue
Chert Gangue
Clay Gangue
Jasper Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification (Jasperoid), Oxidation

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 104
USGS model code 25a
Deposit model name Hot-spring Au-Ag
Mark3 model number 45

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Tank Hill Limestone;Eureka Quartzite
    Rock description Tank Hill Limestone;Eureka Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.32251, 38.46578
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin And Range. Atlanta Fault Zone, Mine Fault, Gold Fault.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults And Breccia Zone.

Ore body information

  • General form PIPE
    Strike N 30 W
    Dip 40SW
    Length 91.44M
    Width 100M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault (Silicified Breccia Zone)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Atlanta (Silver Park, Silver Springs) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Standard Slag Co., Ernie Charter, Manager
    Home office P. O. Box 97, Pioche, NV 89043
    First year 1983

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 762M
    Overall depth 121.92M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L. J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA, NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 81, P. 69.

  • Deposit

    TSCHANTZ, C. M., PAMPEYAN, E. H., 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO., NEVADA, NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 73, PP. 162- 163.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    HULSE, P., 1978, GOLD OPERATIONS AT THE ATLANTA MINE, MIN ENG,VOL 30, SEPT, 1978, P. 1299-1301.

  • Deposit

    MEYERS, P. W., 1915, DEVELOPMENTS AT ATLANTA, NEVADA; ENG AND MIN JOUR, VOL 99, NO 12, P. 541-542.

  • Deposit

    NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE 164, ITEMS 2, 3, 4, 6, 8,9

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NBMG, 1994, MI-1993

  • Production

    (15) GARSIDE, 1973, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 81, P. 69.STANDARD SLAG BROCHURE, NBMG DISTRICT FILESTANDARD SLAG BROCHURE, NBMG DISTRICT FILE NBMG MI-1993

  • Reserve-Resource

    NBMG MI-1993

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1981 Zigler, Jan L. (Huber, Donald F.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology CHECKED AND MODIFIED ROCK TYPE, ROCK UNIT AND AGES FIELDS.
Updater 06-NOV-1992 Li, Zhiping (Moyer, Lorre A.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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