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Wales Shaft

Past Producer in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead
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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. 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044752
MRDS ID M232333
Record type Site
Current site name Wales Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.00646, 39.51298 (WGS84)
Elevation 1957

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Devon Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Simpson Park Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019N 053E 16 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary

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) -116.00646, 39.51298
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description West Branch Of Jackson Fault Zone Bends To The West

Ore body information

  • General form STRATABOUND,-TABULAR TO IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractured, Sheared Permeable Zones, & Capping Shale

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE NEAR SURFACE ORE BODIES ARE CONTROLLED BY ABUNDANT STEEP MINERALIZING FISSURES WHICH CUT THE HAMBURG DOLOMITE AND IN PART BY THE CAPPING EFFECT OF THE DUNDERBERG SHALE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, ET AL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 64

  • Deposit

    NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREAK MINING DISTRICT-USGS PROF PAPER 406

  • Deposit

    USBM (MILLETT) MILS NO 92., REFERENCE NO. 3201100090

  • Production

    ROBERTS, R.J., ET AL., (1967)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE NORTHWEST MARGIN OF ADAM'S HILL, ONE OF FIVE MINERALIZED BLOCKS IN THE DISTRICT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit ORE BODIES ARE REPLACEMENT, WHERE FISSURES (SHEARED, FRACTURED) CUT THE DOLOMITE, AND ORE CAPPED BY THE DUNDERBERG SHALE

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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