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Atlanta Mine & Mill

Plant in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10198373
MRDS ID M032067
MAS/MILS ID 0320170169
Record type Site
Current site name Atlanta Mine & Mill
Alternate or previous names Atlanta, Hillside, Belle, Atlanta Home, Atlanta Strip, Sparrow Hawk, Pactolion Fraction, Atlanta Gold Property 0320170181
Related records 10246480

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -114.36754, 38.33326 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Trail Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wilson Creek Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dry Lake Valley(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 007 N 068 E 14 SW Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown
Clay Unknown
Gold Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Jasper Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Manganese Ox-Hydrous Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Silver Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -114.36754, 38.33326
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N05E
    Dip 45W
    Length 250M
    Width 200M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 BRECCIA FILL
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 ADV ARGILLIC
    Strike And Dip N05E:45W
    Date of Last Modification 850814

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE BODY CARRIES DISSEMINATED SUB-MICROSCOPIC AU AND U IN A BRECCIA ZONE OF LIMESTONE (ORD. ELY SPRINGS DOLOMITE), QTZ. PORPHYRY, QUARTZITE (ORD. EUREKA QTZITE), VOLCANIC ROCKS (TERTIARY IGNIMBRITE ?), JASPEROID.BRECCIA IS CEMENTED BY QUARTZ.ORE ZONE INTRUDED BY QTZ. PORPHYRY AND BOUNDED BY 2 HIGH ANGLE,WEST-DIPPING NORMAL FAULTS.TERTIARY VOLCANIC IGNIMBRITES FORM HANGING WALL;ELY SPRINGS DOLO. IS FOOTWALL PORTIONS OF JASPEROID BRECCIA ARE ORE. QTZ. PORPHYRY IS NEAR ORE AND IN PLACES HAS LOW GRADE ORE. SIZE OF DEPOSIT: SMALL, ALUNITIZATION: REPLACEMENT BY ALUNITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1906
Mining method Open Pit
Year of first production 1980
Plant type Leach
Plant subcategory Precipitation
Milling method Heap Leach-Merrill-Crowe

Comments on exploration

  • BOBCAT (OWNERS) PLAN AN EXPLORATION PROJECT IN SPRING OF 1996. GOLDEN CHIEF PLANS TO EXPLORE TO A DISTANCE OF ONE MILE TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST OF THE ORIGINAL PIT IN 1997.

Mining district

District name Carlin Trend

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Golden Chief Resources Inc.
    Interest 100
    Home office Canada
    Year 1997
    First year 1997
  • Type Owner
    Owner Bobcat Properties Inc.
    ID 2601143
    Home office Florida
    Year 1997
    Last year 1997
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Standard Slag Co.
    ID 2601143
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1984

Comments on the ownership information

  • BOBCAT SOLD INT TO GOLDEN CHIEF IN 1996/97.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION:MAY 1975 - MAY 31,1982 2500 KG AU , 12000 KG AG IN 860000 T ORE (2203);ESTIMATED ANNUAL PRODUCTION IS 400 KG AU , 2000 KG AG (468).

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Demonstrated 4082331mt ore
    Total resources 4082331mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 2.743 g/mt Gold Major 1996
    Silver Ag 58.857 g/mt Silver Major 1996

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 1981 ORE GRADES AVAILABLE AT 2.74 G/MT AU AND 54.86 G/MT AG; NO TONNAGE GIVEN.

Comments on other economic factors

  • MINING METHOD:OPEN PIT; MULTIPLE BENCH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    61. BONHAM, H. F., JR. RESERVES, HOST ROCKS, AND AGES OF

  • Reserve-Resource

    BULK-MINEABLE PRECIOUS METAL DEPOSITS IN NEVADA. NV BUR.

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINES AND GEOL. OFR 82-9, 1982, 4 PP.

  • Reserve-Resource

    RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1994/95, U.S. MINES & MINING

  • Reserve-Resource

    COMPANIES, P305.

  • Reserve-Resource

    RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, U.S. MINES & MINING

  • Reserve-Resource

    COMPANIES, P229.

  • Deposit

    COX, J. W. GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE ATLANTA

  • Deposit

    DISTRICT, LINCOLN COUNTY, NEVADA. M.S. THESIS, UNIV. NV,

  • Deposit

    RENO, NV, 1981, 83 PP.

  • Deposit

    ELEVATORSKI, E. A. DISSEMINATED/REPLACEMENT GOLD

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS. MINOBRAS, 1981, 114 PP.

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L. J. RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN

  • Deposit

    NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 81, 1973, 121 PP.

  • Deposit

    HEWETT, D. F. CARNOTITE IN SOUTHERN NEVADA. ENG.

  • Deposit

    AND MIN. J., V. 115, NO. 5, 1923, PP. 232-235.

  • Deposit

    HULSE, P. GOLD OPERATIONS AT THE ATLANTA MINE. MIN.

  • Deposit

    ENG., V. 30, NO. 9, 1978, PP. 1299-1301.

  • Deposit

    HULSE, P. GOLD OPERATIONS AT THE ATLANTA MINE.

  • Deposit

    ABSTR. PACIFIC NORTHWEST MET. AND MINER. CONF., PORTLAND,

  • Deposit

    OR, MAY 15-17, 1978, 1 P; AVAILABLE AT BUMINES, WESTERN

  • Deposit

    FIELD OPERATIONS CENTER, SPOKANE, WA.

  • Deposit

    MARVIN, R. F., H. H. MEHNERT, AND E. H. MCKEE. A

  • Deposit

    SUMMARY OF RADIOMETRIC AGES OF TERTIARY VOLCANIC ROCKS IN

  • Deposit

    NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA. PART III: SOUTHEASTERN

  • Deposit

    NEVADA. ISOCHRON/WEST, NO. 6, 1973, PP. 1-29.

  • Deposit

    . GOLD AND SILVER CYANIDATION PLANT PRACTICE,

  • Deposit

    V. II. AIME, 1981, 263 PP.

  • Deposit

    RANDOL GOLD DIRECTORY, 1988.

  • Deposit

    SHARP, L. E., AND B. L. MYERSON. PRELIMINARY REPORT

  • Deposit

    ON A URANIUM OCCURRENCE IN THE ATLANTA AREA, LINCOLN

  • Deposit

    COUNTY, NEVADA. U.S. ATOMIC ENEREGY COMMISSION, DIV. RAW

  • Deposit

    MATER., SALT LAKE AREA OFFICE, RME-2048 (REV.), 1956, 18

  • Deposit

    PP.

  • Deposit

    STAATZ, M. H., AND D. H. JOHNSON. ATLANTA MINE.

  • Deposit

    PAPER IN RADIOACTIVE DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, ED. BY T. G.

  • Deposit

    LOVERING. U.S. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 1009-C, 1954,

  • Deposit

    PP. 81-84.

  • Deposit

    STANDARD SLAG CO. WELCOME TO STANDARD SLAG COMPANY

  • Deposit

    (ATLANTA MINE). MIN. DISTRICT FILE NO. 164,

  • Deposit

    ITEM 6, 1982, 2 PP.; AVAILABLE AT NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL.,

  • Deposit

    RENO, NV.

  • Deposit

    TSCHANZ, C. M. GEOLOGY OF NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY.

  • Deposit

    INTERMOUNTAIN ASSOCIATION OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGY GUIDEBOOK TO

  • Deposit

    THE GEOLOGY OF EAST CENTRAL NEVADA. 11TH ANNU. FIELD

  • Deposit

    CONF., UT GEOL. ASSOC., SALT LAKE CITY, UT, 1960,

  • Deposit

    PP. 198-208.

  • Deposit

    TSCHANZ, C. M., AND E. H. PAMPEYAN. GEOLOGY AND

  • Deposit

    MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN COUNTY, NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES

  • Deposit

    AND GEOL. BULL. 73, 1970, 186 PP.

  • Deposit

    NV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION REPORTS, 1976-1988.

  • Deposit

    THE NORTHERN MINER, JUNE 3, 1996, P B6.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORIGINAL ATLANTA PIT OPERATION CLOSED IN 1985.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-MAY-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 01/14/1986
MSHA mine ID2601143
Mine name (MSHA)Atlanta Mine And Mill
Current operatorStandard Slag Company
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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