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Atlanta Mine & Mill

The Atlanta Mine & Mill is a silver and gold mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,801 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Atlanta Mine & Mill  

State:  Nevada

County:  Lincoln

Elevation: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)

Commodity: Silver, Gold

Lat, Long: 38.3333, -114.36670

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Atlanta Mine & Mill MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Atlanta Mine & Mill
Secondary: Atlanta
Secondary: Hillside
Secondary: Belle
Secondary: Atlanta Home
Secondary: Atlanta Strip
Secondary: Sparrow Hawk
Secondary: Pactolion Fraction
Secondary: Atlanta Gold Property 0320170181

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold

Location

State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Carlin Trend

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

Type: Located Claim

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Bobcat Properties Inc.
Company ID: 2601143
Home Office: Florida
Info Year: 1997

Owner Name: Golden Chief Resources Inc.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Canada
Info Year: 1997
Years: 1997 -

Owner Name: Standard Slag Co.
Company ID: 2601143
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1984

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Plant Subtype: Precipitation
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Heap Leach-Merrill-Crowe
Year First Production: 1980
Discovery Year: 1906
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: Barite
Unknown: Clay
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Hematite
Unknown: Jasper
Unknown: Manganese Ox-Hydrous
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Silver
Unknown: Limonite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): ORIGINAL ATLANTA PIT OPERATION CLOSED IN 1985.

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION:MAY 1975 - MAY 31,1982 2500 KG AU , 12000 KG AG IN 860000 T ORE (2203);ESTIMATED ANNUAL PRODUCTION IS 400 KG AU , 2000 KG AG (468).

Comment (Exploration): BOBCAT (OWNERS) PLAN AN EXPLORATION PROJECT IN SPRING OF 1996. GOLDEN CHIEF PLANS TO EXPLORE TO A DISTANCE OF ONE MILE TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST OF THE ORIGINAL PIT IN 1997.

Comment (Ownership): BOBCAT SOLD INT TO GOLDEN CHIEF IN 1996/97.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): 1981 ORE GRADES AVAILABLE AT 2.74 G/MT AU AND 54.86 G/MT AG; NO TONNAGE GIVEN.

Comment (Economic Factors): MINING METHOD:OPEN PIT; MULTIPLE BENCH

Comment (Geology): ORE BODY CARRIES DISSEMINATED SUB-MICROSCOPIC AU AND U IN A BRECCIA ZONE OF LIMESTONE (ORD. ELY SPRINGS DOLOMITE), QTZ. PORPHYRY, QUARTZITE (ORD. EUREKA QTZITE), VOLCANIC ROCKS (TERTIARY IGNIMBRITE ?), JASPEROID.BRECCIA IS CEMENTED BY QUARTZ.ORE ZONE INTRUDED BY QTZ. PORPHYRY AND BOUNDED BY 2 HIGH ANGLE,WEST-DIPPING NORMAL FAULTS.TERTIARY VOLCANIC IGNIMBRITES FORM HANGING WALL;ELY SPRINGS DOLO. IS FOOTWALL PORTIONS OF JASPEROID BRECCIA ARE ORE. QTZ. PORPHYRY IS NEAR ORE AND IN PLACES HAS LOW GRADE ORE. SIZE OF DEPOSIT: SMALL, ALUNITIZATION: REPLACEMENT BY ALUNITE.

References

Reference (Deposit): OR, MAY 15-17, 1978, 1 P; AVAILABLE AT BUMINES, WESTERN

Reference (Deposit): FIELD OPERATIONS CENTER, SPOKANE, WA.

Reference (Deposit): MARVIN, R. F., H. H. MEHNERT, AND E. H. MCKEE. A

Reference (Deposit): SUMMARY OF RADIOMETRIC AGES OF TERTIARY VOLCANIC ROCKS IN

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA. PART III: SOUTHEASTERN

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA. ISOCHRON/WEST, NO. 6, 1973, PP. 1-29.

Reference (Deposit): . GOLD AND SILVER CYANIDATION PLANT PRACTICE,

Reference (Deposit): V. II. AIME, 1981, 263 PP.

Reference (Deposit): RANDOL GOLD DIRECTORY, 1988.

Reference (Deposit): SHARP, L. E., AND B. L. MYERSON. PRELIMINARY REPORT

Reference (Reserve-Resource): BULK-MINEABLE PRECIOUS METAL DEPOSITS IN NEVADA. NV BUR.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): MINES AND GEOL. OFR 82-9, 1982, 4 PP.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1994/95, U.S. MINES & MINING

Reference (Reserve-Resource): COMPANIES, P305.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, U.S. MINES & MINING

Reference (Reserve-Resource): COMPANIES, P229.

Reference (Deposit): COX, J. W. GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE ATLANTA

Reference (Deposit): DISTRICT, LINCOLN COUNTY, NEVADA. M.S. THESIS, UNIV. NV,

Reference (Deposit): RENO, NV, 1981, 83 PP.

Reference (Deposit): ELEVATORSKI, E. A. DISSEMINATED/REPLACEMENT GOLD

Reference (Deposit): DEPOSITS. MINOBRAS, 1981, 114 PP.

Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L. J. RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN

Reference (Deposit): AND MIN. J., V. 115, NO. 5, 1923, PP. 232-235.

Reference (Deposit): HULSE, P. GOLD OPERATIONS AT THE ATLANTA MINE. MIN.

Reference (Deposit): ENG., V. 30, NO. 9, 1978, PP. 1299-1301.

Reference (Deposit): HULSE, P. GOLD OPERATIONS AT THE ATLANTA MINE.

Reference (Deposit): ABSTR. PACIFIC NORTHWEST MET. AND MINER. CONF., PORTLAND,

Reference (Deposit): ON A URANIUM OCCURRENCE IN THE ATLANTA AREA, LINCOLN

Reference (Deposit): COUNTY, NEVADA. U.S. ATOMIC ENEREGY COMMISSION, DIV. RAW

Reference (Deposit): MATER., SALT LAKE AREA OFFICE, RME-2048 (REV.), 1956, 18

Reference (Deposit): PP.

Reference (Deposit): STAATZ, M. H., AND D. H. JOHNSON. ATLANTA MINE.

Reference (Deposit): PAPER IN RADIOACTIVE DEPOSITS OF NEVADA, ED. BY T. G.

Reference (Deposit): LOVERING. U.S. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 1009-C, 1954,

Reference (Deposit): PP. 81-84.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): 61. BONHAM, H. F., JR. RESERVES, HOST ROCKS, AND AGES OF

Reference (Deposit): STANDARD SLAG CO. WELCOME TO STANDARD SLAG COMPANY

Reference (Deposit): (ATLANTA MINE). MIN. DISTRICT FILE NO. 164,

Reference (Deposit): ITEM 6, 1982, 2 PP.; AVAILABLE AT NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL.,

Reference (Deposit): RENO, NV.

Reference (Deposit): TSCHANZ, C. M. GEOLOGY OF NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY.

Reference (Deposit): INTERMOUNTAIN ASSOCIATION OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGY GUIDEBOOK TO

Reference (Deposit): THE GEOLOGY OF EAST CENTRAL NEVADA. 11TH ANNU. FIELD

Reference (Deposit): CONF., UT GEOL. ASSOC., SALT LAKE CITY, UT, 1960,

Reference (Deposit): PP. 198-208.

Reference (Deposit): TSCHANZ, C. M., AND E. H. PAMPEYAN. GEOLOGY AND

Reference (Deposit): MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN COUNTY, NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES

Reference (Deposit): AND GEOL. BULL. 73, 1970, 186 PP.

Reference (Deposit): NV. DIV. MINE INSPECTION REPORTS, 1976-1988.

Reference (Deposit): THE NORTHERN MINER, JUNE 3, 1996, P B6.

Reference (Deposit): HEWETT, D. F. CARNOTITE IN SOUTHERN NEVADA. ENG.

Reference (Deposit): NEVADA. NV BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 81, 1973, 121 PP.

Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.