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Cyanide Shaft

Past Producer in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper
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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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  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 10044779
MRDS ID M232366
Record type Site
Current site name Cyanide Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.93007, 39.51521 (WGS84)
Elevation 1963

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 Primary
Copper Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Irregular Jasperoid Formed Beneath The Shale

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) -115.93007, 39.51521
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractured, Permeable Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE OCCURS AS IRREGULAR REPLACEMENTS IN FRACTURED DOLOMITE BENEATH THE DUNDERBURG SHALE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Eureka District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION INCLUDED SOME COPPER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, EL AL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO. NEV., N.B. OF M. BULL 64

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES (ELY) MILS NO. 121, REFERENCE NO 3201100089

  • Deposit

    NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, NEV., USGS P.P. 406

  • Production

    NOLAN, T.B., (1962)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED ALONG THE SOUTHERN END OF THE ADAMS HILL AREA, ONE OF FIRE MINERALIZED BLOCKS IN THE DISTRICT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit ORE OCCURS AS IRREGULAR REPLACEMENTS IN FRACTURED DOLOMITE BENEATH 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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