The Tl Shaft is a silver, gold, and lead mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,401 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,401 Feet (1,951 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold, Lead
Lat, Long: 39.51861, -115.99583
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Tl Shaft MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tl Shaft
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1956
Discovery Year: 1954
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
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: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR STRATABOUND REPLACEMENT OREBODIES
Structure
Type: R
Description: Ruby Hill Thrust, Bowman Normal Fault
Type: L
Description: North-South Zone Of Faulting & Warping
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Shale
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Shale
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Mimetite
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Bindheimite
Ore: Plumbojarosite
Ore: Hemimorphite
Gangue: Goethite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM PRECISION 500M
Comment (Deposit): MAJOR FAULTS AND FRACTURES INTERSECTING REACTIVE HOST ROCKS CAPPED BY DUNDERBERG SHALE LOCALIZED ORE BODIES
Comment (Workings): SHAFT AND ASSOCIATED WORKINGS
Comment (Deposit): PRODUCTION BEGAN IN 1956. THIRTY THOUSAND TONS VALUED AT 1.650,000 WAS PRODUCED BEFORE THE SHAFT WAS ABANDONED IN 1958. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED NEAR THE CENTER OF THE ADAMS HILL AREA, ONE OF FIVE MINERALIZED BLOCKS IN THE DISTRICT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSIT IS WITHIN THE UPPER PLATE OF THE RUBY HILL THRUST BLOCK, THE ORE MINED WAS COMPLETELY OXIDIZED, HOWEVER PRIMARY SULFIDE ORE WAS FOUND AT THE 1,050 FOOT LEVEL. MINERALIZING FLUIDS TRAVELLED UP THE MAJOR FAULT ZONES, INTO THE PERMEABLE REACHED DOLOMITE ALONG SMALLER FAULTS AND FRACTURE ZONES, THE OVERLYING DUNDERBERG SHALE ALSO SERVED TO CAP THE ASCENDING FLUIDS.
References
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, MONTGOMERY, & LEHNER (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA COUNTY NEV.,
Reference (Deposit): NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 64
Reference (Deposit): U.S.B.M. (ELY) MILS NO 123, REF. NO 3201100087
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, NEV., USGS PP. 406
Reference (Deposit): EUREKA CORPORATION LTD. ANNUAL RPT. 1954. N.B.M. DISTRICT FILE III ITEM 29
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.
