The T.L. Shaft is a lead mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,558 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,558 Feet (1,999 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 39.5206, -115.99390
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T.L. Shaft MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: T.L. Shaft
Secondary: Adams Hill
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: 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
Owner Name: Depaoli
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1976
Production
Year: 1959
Description: Smithsonite 28 M. Tons
Year: 1959
Description: Cerussite 317 M. Tons
Year: 1959
Description: Malachite And Azurite 2 M. Tons
Year: 1959
Description: Silver In Argentiferous Pb Minerals 396 Gm/M. Ton
Year: 1959
Description: Gold 12 Gm/M. Tons
Year: 1958
Description: Smithsonite 407 M. Tons
Year: 1958
Description: Cerussite 2752 M. Tons
Year: 1958
Description: Malachite And Azurite 8 M. Tons
Year: 1958
Description: Silver In Argentiferous Pb Minerals 376 Gm/M. Tons
Year: 1958
Description: Gold 11 Gm/M. Tons
Year: 1957
Description: Smithsonite 367 M. Tons
Year: 1957
Description: Cerussite 2026 M. Tons
Year: 1957
Description: Malachite And Azurite 4 M. Tons
Year: 1957
Description: Silver In Argentiferous Pb Minerals 430 Gm/M. Ton
Year: 1957
Description: Gold 18 Gm/M. Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1956
Discovery Year: 1953
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Plumbojarosite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Cerussite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE ARTICLE BY JOHNSON HAS INFORMATION ON PAST PRODUCTION COSTS, TYPE OF DRILLING, AND SOME OF THE PROBLEMS ENCOUNT- ERED.
Comment (Production): THE AMOUNT OF TONS OF ORE MINED PER YEAR: 1957-11086.METRIC TONS, 1958-16621 METRIC TONS, 1959-1872 METRIC TONS. THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF TONS OF ORE IS IN EXESS OF 29,029 METRIC TONS.
Comment (Geology): ORE-BEARING SOLUTIONS ARE PROBABLY RELATED TO THE QUARTZ DIORITE STOCK AND THE QUARTZ PORPHYRY DIKES AND SILLS.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): THE AMOUNT GIVEN AS INFERRED ORE IS FOR THE ADAMS HILL AREA. NOT JUST THE TL SHAFT. THE ORE CONTAINS AS AND CL, MAKING SMELTING DIFFICULT. THIS COMBINED WITH METAL VALUES CAUSED CLOSURE OF THE MINE IN 1959.
References
Reference (Deposit): MINERAL RESOURCESOF EUREKA CO., NEV., 1967, NEV. BUMINES,
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R.J., MONTGOMERY, K.M., LEHNER, R.E., GEOLOGY AND
Reference (Deposit): BY T.B. NOLAN, ET AL,T THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, NEV.,
Reference (Deposit): RIDGE, J.D., ED., ORE DEPOSITS OF THE U.S., 1933-1967, SECT.
Reference (Deposit): 7835, 1958
Reference (Deposit): SHAFT, EUREKA CORP., LTD., EUREKA, NEV., USBMINFO. CIRC.
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, A.C., SHAFT-SLINKING METHODS AND COSTS AT THE T.L.
Reference (Deposit): PAPER 406
Reference (Deposit): NOLAN, T.B., THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, 1962, USGS PROF.
Reference (Deposit): CH. 48, PP. 966-991
Reference (Deposit): BULL. 64
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.
