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Atlas 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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044783
MRDS ID M232372
Record type Site
Current site name Atlas Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.98146, 39.47632 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eureka(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pinto Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Hamilton(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 34 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UTM PRECISION 500M

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Plumbojarosite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Local Silicification

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Hamburg Dolomite
    Rock description Hamburg Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.98146, 39.47632
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Northeast-Striking Transverse Faults More Abundant

Ore body information

  • General form TABULLAR TO IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractured Zones Within The Dolomite

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE ZONE OCCURS IN INTENSELY FRACTURED LOCALLY SILICIFIED DOLOMITE WHERE NORHTEAST-STRIKING TRANSVERSE FAULTS ARE MORE ABUNDAT THEN ELSEWHERE. SMALL BODY OF INTRUSIVE TERFIARY RHYOLITE NEARBY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Year of first production 1875

Mining district

District name Eureka District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 800M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS R.J., ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO. NEV, NEV. BUREAR OF MINES BULL 64

  • Deposit

    US BUREAU OF MINES (ELY) MILS NO 112 REFERENCE NO 3201100116

  • Deposit

    NOLAN TIB. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, USGS PROF PAPER 406

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE LOCALIZED IN INTENSELY FRACTURED ZONES IN DOLOMITE
Deposit DEVELOPED BY AN 800 FT. SHAFT., $569,419 WORTH OF ORE WAS PRODUCED FROM 1875-1879. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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