The Atlas Shaft is a silver, gold, and lead mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,999 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,999 Feet (2,438 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold, Lead
Lat, Long: 39.47639, -115.98056
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Atlas Shaft MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Atlas Shaft
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1875
Discovery Year: 1875
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic replacement
Orebody
Form: TABULLAR TO IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Northeast-Striking Transverse Faults More Abundant
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Local Silicification
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Plumbojarosite
Ore: Anglesite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DEVELOPED BY AN 800 FT. SHAFT., $569,419 WORTH OF ORE WAS PRODUCED FROM 1875-1879. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Workings): SHAFT
Comment (Location): UTM PRECISION 500M
Comment (Deposit): ORE LOCALIZED IN INTENSELY FRACTURED ZONES IN DOLOMITE
Comment (Geology): 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.
References
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS R.J., ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO. NEV, NEV. BUREAR OF MINES BULL 64
Reference (Deposit): US BUREAU OF MINES (ELY) MILS NO 112 REFERENCE NO 3201100116
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN TIB. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, USGS PROF PAPER 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.
