The Albion Shaft is a lead, gold, and silver mine located in Eureka county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Albion Shaft MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Albion Shaft
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Eureka District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1881
Discovery Year: 1881
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
Model Name: Polymetallic replacement
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Ruby Hill Thrust Zone
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
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Mimetite
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Plumbojarosite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Goethite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Galena
Gangue: Tetrahedrite
Comments
Comment (Development): THE PROPERTY WAS WORKED FROM 1881 TO 1890
Comment (Deposit): THE PROPERTY WAS WORKED FROM 1881 TO 1890 AND 6,703 TONS OF ORE WAS PRODUCED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): ORE OCCURS AS IRREGULAR REPLACEMENT BODIES IN DOLOMITE WHERE IT HAS BEEN BRECCIATED AND FRACTURED
Comment (Geology): 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).
References
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R.J. ETAL, (1967) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO, N.B. OF M. BULL 64.
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, USGS PROF. PAPER 406
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES (ELY) MILS NO. 119, REFERENCE NO 3201100094.
Reference (Production): NOLAN, T.B. (1962)
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.
