The Lena Shaft is a copper mine located in Elko county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Lena Shaft MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lena Shaft
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Contact (48)
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
Year First Production: 1896
Discovery Year: 1896
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Snake River Plain
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Granodiorite Stock With Assoc. Faults, Fractures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): ABOUT 1/2 MI. SW OF EMPIRE MINE
Comment (Production): ABOUT 50 TONS OF OXIDIZED ORE ASSAYING 14% CU WERE SHIPPED FROM THIS BODY
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, REPLACEMENT
Comment (Deposit): SHAFT (200 FT.) WAS SUNK IN 1896-1897. ORE BODY WAS ENCOUNTED 60 FT. BELOW COLLAR OF SHAFT, AND APPEARS TO BE A LOCAL ENLARGEMENT BY REPLACEMENT OF THE VEIN. ABOUT 50 TONS OF OXIDIZED ORE, ASSAYING 14% CU, WAS SHIPPED FROM THIS BODY (SCHRADER, 1935, P 22) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Workings): 200-FT. SHAFT WAS SUNK IN 1896-1897
References
Reference (Production): SCHRADER, F.C. (1935)
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C. (1935) THE CONTACT MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BUL. 847-A
Reference (Deposit): HOPE, R.A. & COATS, R.R. (1976) PRELIM. GEOLOGIC MAP OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR 76-779
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.
