| Deposit ID | 10111444 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M232336 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Tl Shaft |
| Geographic coordinates: | -115.99673, 39.51853 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1951 |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Eureka |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 019N | 053E | 15 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bindheimite | Ore |
| Cerargyrite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Hemimorphite | Ore |
| Mimetite | Ore |
| Plumbojarosite | Ore |
| Smithsonite | Ore |
| Wulfenite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Goethite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Model code | 72 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 19a |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic replacement |
| Mark3 model number | 47 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Dunderberg Shale | ||||||
| Rock description | Dunderberg Shale | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite |
| Rock unit name | Hamburg Dolomite |
| Rock description | Hamburg Dolomite |
| (1) | -115.99673, 39.51853 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Ruby Hill Thrust, Bowman Normal Fault |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | North-South Zone Of Faulting & Warping |
| General form | TABULAR TO IRREGULAR STRATABOUND REPLACEMENT OREBODIES |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1954 |
| Year of first production | 1956 |
| District name | Eureka District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 320.04M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M232336 |
ROBERTS, MONTGOMERY, & LEHNER (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA COUNTY NEV.,
NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 64
U.S.B.M. (ELY) MILS NO 123, REF. NO 3201100087
NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, NEV., USGS PP. 406
EUREKA CORPORATION LTD. ANNUAL RPT. 1954. N.B.M. DISTRICT FILE III ITEM 29
NOLAN, T.B., (1962)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MAJOR FAULTS AND FRACTURES INTERSECTING REACTIVE HOST ROCKS CAPPED BY DUNDERBERG SHALE LOCALIZED ORE BODIES |
| Deposit | PRODUCTION BEGAN IN 1956. THIRTY THOUSAND TONS VALUED AT 1.650,000 WAS PRODUCED BEFORE THE SHAFT WAS ABANDONED IN 1958. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED NEAR THE CENTER OF THE ADAMS HILL AREA, ONE OF FIVE MINERALIZED BLOCKS IN THE DISTRICT. ; 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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