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Fad Shaft

Occurrence in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodities Zinc, 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044771
MRDS ID M232357
Record type Site
Current site name Fad Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.98562, 39.50548 (WGS84)
Elevation 2097

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Eureka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019N 053E 22 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM PRECISION 100 M

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Eldorado Dolomite
    Rock description Eldorado Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.98562, 39.50548
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ruby Hill Thrust

Ore body information

  • General form STRATABOUND

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE FAD SHAFT WAS SUNK TO DEVELOPE DEEP SULFIDE OREBODIES DISCLOSED BY DIAMOND DRILLING. THE DRILLING CUT ORE FROM 2,200 TO 2,500 FEET. WHEN A CROSSCUT WAS MADE AT THE 2250 FOOT LEVEL FROM THE SHAFT. HOWEVER A LARGE IN FLOW OF WATER WAS TAPPED AND THE SHAFT ABANDONED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1942

Mining district

District name Eureka District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Eureka Corp. (1940'S

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 751.33M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT PLUS A NUMBER OF LATERAL WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • SHAFT BEGUN IN 1942 BY EUREKA CORP, ABANDONED, IN 1948 DUE TO PROBLEM OF LARGE AMOUNTS OF WATER ENCOUNTERED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    U.S.B. OF M.ELY) MILS NO 123, REF. NO 3201100093

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1989

  • Reserve-Resource

    AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOOK, 1989

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHAFT WAS STARTED IN 1942 BY THE EUREKA CORP., NO PRODUCTION WAS EVER RECORDED. THE SHAFT REACHED 2,465 FEET WITH A NUMBER OF CATERAL WORKINGS BEFORE IT WAS ABANDONED IN 1948. IT IS LOCATED ALONG THE NORTHEAST PORTION OF THE RUBY HILL AREA. THE LARGE AMOUNTS OF WATER ENCOUNTERRED WAS THE MAJOR PROBLEM ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit REPLACEMENT SULFIDE ORE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1980 Kirkham, Richard A. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Moyer, Lorre A.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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