Albion Shaft

Past Producer in Eureka county in Nevada, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead
Sections on this page
  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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044784
MRDS ID M232373
Record type Site
Current site name Albion Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.9959, 39.50742 (WGS84)

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Mimetite Ore
Plumbojarosite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Wulfenite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Galena Gangue
Goethite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tetrahedrite Gangue

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 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

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ruby Hill Thrust Zone

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractured, Brecciated, Permeable Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE OCCURS AS IRREGULAR REPLACEMENT BODIES IN DOLOMITE WHERE IT HAS BEEN BRECIATED IN THE UPPER PLATE OF THE RUBY HILL THRUST ZONE. MOST OF THE OXIDIZED ORES ARE EARTHY AND REDDISH. SOLUTION CAVES ARE COMMON (NOLAN, 1962).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1881
Year of first production 1881

Mining district

District name Eureka District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • THE PROPERTY WAS WORKED FROM 1881 TO 1890

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R.J. ETAL, (1967) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO, N.B. OF M. BULL 64.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES (ELY) MILS NO. 119, REFERENCE NO 3201100094.

  • Production

    NOLAN, T.B. (1962)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OCCURS AS IRREGULAR REPLACEMENT BODIES IN DOLOMITE WHERE IT HAS BEEN BRECCIATED AND FRACTURED
Deposit THE PROPERTY WAS WORKED FROM 1881 TO 1890 AND 6,703 TONS OF ORE WAS PRODUCED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-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.

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.