The Nylon Shaft is a lead, copper, and silver mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,841 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,841 Feet (2,085 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 37.88556, -114.60389
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Nylon Shaft MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Nylon Shaft
Secondary: NBMG Sample Location 1439
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Comet District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 1439 CONTAINS 20% FE, GREATER THAN 5000 PPM MN, 5 PPM AG, 200 PPM BA, 100 PPM CD, 200 PPM CU, 200 PPM PB, 500 PPM SR, 10000 PPM ZN.
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Workings): VERTICAL SHAFT APPROX. 30-50 FT DEEP, WITH METAL PIPE AND LADDER EXTENDING TO DEPTH TRENCHING IN AREA OF SHAFT IS ABOUT 5 YEARS OLD. MORE RECENT EXTENSIVE TRENCHING ON OTHER SIDE OF CANYON TO NORTH.
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED TOWNSHIP AND RANGE. ON S SIDE OF BURROWS CANYON
Comment (Commodity): SAMPLE 1439 CONSISTED OF MARLY, LIMONITIC AND MN-STAINED ALTERED VEIN MATERIAL WITH SPECULAR HEMATITE ON FRACTURE SURFACES, OXIDIZED PYRITE (AND POSSIBLY MAGNETITE) IN QUARTZ VEIN. MINOR MALACHITE (ONE SPECK OBSERVED. ROCK IS COMPLETELY ALTERED, SOMEWHAT SILICIFIED AND DENSE.
Comment (Development): AT TIME OF EXAMINATION IN AUG., 1983, SHAFT HAD BEEN ROPED OFF AND FLAGGED WITHIN THE PAST FEW WEEKS INDICATING RECENT SAMPLING OR EXAMINATION OF THE WORKINGS.
Comment (Deposit): SHEAR (FISSURE) ZONE MARKED BY ABUNDANT LIMONITE AND MN OXIDES. "VEIN" HAS SHARP CONTACTS WITH LIMESTONE MOST ROCKS AND CUTS ACROSS THEIR BEDDING AT ABOUT 90 DEGREES. "VEIN" DOES NOT PERSIST ALONG STRIKE TO THE EAST
Comment (Geology): ROCK IS LOCALLY CUT BY RANDOM CALCITE VEINLETS AND STAINED BY MINOR FE OXIDES. WALLROCKS ARE RELATIVELY UNALTERED AND SHOW ONLY RECRYSTALLIZATION AND IRON-STAINING AS ALTERATION EFFECTS. LIMESTONE HERE STRIKES ABOUT N-5 AND DIPS GENTLY E. AT THE SHAFT. THE LIMESTONE FORMS BEDS ABOUT 0.5-2.0 FT THICK. ALTERED ZONE OUTCROPS JUST E OF SHAFT COLLAR. ALTERED ROCK IS PUNKY IN TEXTURE, SOMEWHAT SILICIFIED, STAINED AND REPLACED BY ABUNDANT LIMONITE (PLUMBOJAROSITE?) AND MN OXIDES CALCITE OCCURS IN VUGS, AND MINOR QUARTZ VEINING IS EVIDENT.
References
Reference (Deposit): BENTZ, J. AND SMITH, P., 1983, FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT, AUG. 26, 1983
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.
