The Magnet Shaft is a gold, lead, and silver mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,999 feet.
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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: 7,999 Feet (2,438 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 39.48333, -115.99500
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Magnet Shaft MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Magnet Shaft
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
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
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
Structure
Type: R
Description: Shaft Located Along Jackson-Lawton Fault 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
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM PRECISION 500 M
Comment (Development): PERIOD OF PRODUCTION WAS FROM 1873 TO 1892
Comment (Deposit): 802 TONS OF ORE WORTH $69,781 WAS PRODUCED FROM 1873-1892 (NOLAN 1962). THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT THE NORTH END OF PROSPECT RIDGE, ONE OF FIRE MINERALICAD BLOCKS IN THE DISTRICT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): REPLACEMENT OREBODIES ARE LOCALIZED BY FRACTURED, PERMEABLE ZONES ALONG THE JACKSON-LAWTON FAULT ZONE CUTTING DOLOMITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R.J., ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO. NEV., NEV BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 64.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. B OF M (ELY) MILS NO 117, REF. NO. 3201100109.
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, USGS PROF PAPER 406
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.
