The Fad Shaft is a zinc and lead mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,880 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,880 Feet (2,097 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Lead
Lat, Long: 39.50556, -115.98472
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Fad Shaft MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fad Shaft
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Eureka District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Eureka Corp. (1940'S
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1942
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
Structure
Type: R
Description: Ruby Hill Thrust
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Development): SHAFT BEGUN IN 1942 BY EUREKA CORP, ABANDONED, IN 1948 DUE TO PROBLEM OF LARGE AMOUNTS OF WATER ENCOUNTERED.
Comment (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
Comment (Geology): 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.
Comment (Location): UTM PRECISION 100 M
Comment (Deposit): REPLACEMENT SULFIDE ORE
Comment (Workings): SHAFT PLUS A NUMBER OF LATERAL WORKINGS
References
Reference (Deposit): AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1989
Reference (Reserve-Resource): AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOOK, 1989
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS ET AL (1967) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO. NEV., N.B. OF M. BULL 64
Reference (Deposit): U.S.B. OF M.ELY) MILS NO 123, REF. NO 3201100093
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, NEV., USGS PP. 406
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.
