Wales Shaft

The Wales Shaft is a silver, gold, and lead mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,421 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: Wales Shaft  

State:  Nevada

County:  Eureka

Elevation: 6,421 Feet (1,957 Meters)

Commodity: Silver, Gold, Lead

Lat, Long: 39.51306, -116.00556

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Wales Shaft MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Wales Shaft


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead


Location

State: Nevada
County: Eureka


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


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

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: STRATABOUND,-TABULAR TO IRREGULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: West Branch Of Jackson Fault Zone Bends To The West


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Deposit): THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE NORTHWEST MARGIN OF ADAM'S HILL, ONE OF FIVE MINERALIZED BLOCKS IN THE DISTRICT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Geology): THE NEAR SURFACE ORE BODIES ARE CONTROLLED BY ABUNDANT STEEP MINERALIZING FISSURES WHICH CUT THE HAMBURG DOLOMITE AND IN PART BY THE CAPPING EFFECT OF THE DUNDERBERG SHALE.

Comment (Deposit): ORE BODIES ARE REPLACEMENT, WHERE FISSURES (SHEARED, FRACTURED) CUT THE DOLOMITE, AND ORE CAPPED BY THE DUNDERBERG SHALE


References

Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, ET AL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 64

Reference (Deposit): NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREAK MINING DISTRICT-USGS PROF PAPER 406

Reference (Deposit): USBM (MILLETT) MILS NO 92., REFERENCE NO. 3201100090

Reference (Production): ROBERTS, R.J., ET AL., (1967)


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.