The Atlanta Mines Co. Claims is a gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,820 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,820 Feet (1,774 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.71, -117.21167
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Atlanta Mines Co. Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Atlanta Mines Co. Claims
Secondary: Union Jack
Secondary: Atlanta
Secondary: Black Bear
Secondary: Bismark Claims Consolidated With Other Properties In 1920 As
Secondary: Goldfield Deep Mines
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Tin
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Goldfield District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
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
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Orebody
Form: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ANALYSES IN 1939-1940 REVEALED THE PRESENCE OF TIN IN SMALL QUANTITIES
Materials
Ore: Famatinite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): JUMBO LEDGE, BLAKE, MALONEY, CHEDD, LUCKY SWEDE, CENTURY, IMPERIAL, ATLANTA-CHEROKEE AND GARRISON SHAFTS, RANGING IN DEPTH FROM 300-500 FT, WITH SMALL LATERAL DEVELOPMENT
Comment (Location): ADJOINING THE FLORENCE PROPERTY ON THE NE SIDE; 74 ACRES. UTM IS TO SHAFT LOCATED ON THE CLAIM BLOCK.
Comment (Production): ORE WAS FROM AN EXTENSION OF THE GRIZZLY BEAR ORE, MINED THROUGH GOLDFIELD MERGER WORKINGS
Comment (Development): PERSISTENT EXPLORATION BY LESSEES TURNED UP LITTLE OF ANY VALUE
References
Reference (Deposit): SHAMBERGER, H.A., 1982, THE STORY OF GOLDFIELD; NEVADA HISTORICAL PRESS, CARSON CITY, NEVADA, 240 P.
Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, F.L., 1909, USGS P. P. 66, P. 242.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG REPORT 33, P. 77-86
Reference (Deposit): SEARLS, F., 1948, NBMG BULL. 48, P. 18
Reference (Deposit): WEED, W.H., ED., 1922, THE MINES HANDBOOK VOL. XV P. 1210-1211, 1138, 1311.
Reference (Production): SEARLS, F., 1948, P. 18
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.
