The Wales Shaft is a silver, gold, and lead mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,421 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,421 Feet (1,957 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold, Lead
Lat, Long: 39.51306, -116.00556
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Wales Shaft MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wales Shaft
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Eureka
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: STRATABOUND,-TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: West Branch Of Jackson Fault Zone Bends To The West
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE NORTHWEST MARGIN OF ADAM'S HILL, ONE OF FIVE MINERALIZED BLOCKS IN THE DISTRICT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Geology): THE NEAR SURFACE ORE BODIES ARE CONTROLLED BY ABUNDANT STEEP MINERALIZING FISSURES WHICH CUT THE HAMBURG DOLOMITE AND IN PART BY THE CAPPING EFFECT OF THE DUNDERBERG SHALE.
Comment (Deposit): ORE BODIES ARE REPLACEMENT, WHERE FISSURES (SHEARED, FRACTURED) CUT THE DOLOMITE, AND ORE CAPPED BY THE DUNDERBERG SHALE
References
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, ET AL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 64
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREAK MINING DISTRICT-USGS PROF PAPER 406
Reference (Deposit): USBM (MILLETT) MILS NO 92., REFERENCE NO. 3201100090
Reference (Production): ROBERTS, R.J., ET AL., (1967)
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
