Fad Shaft

The Fad Shaft is a zinc and lead mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,880 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Fad Shaft

Commodity

Primary: Zinc
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

Owner Name: Eureka Corp. (1940'S

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1942
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

Structure

Type: R
Description: Ruby Hill Thrust

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite

Comments

Comment (Development): SHAFT BEGUN IN 1942 BY EUREKA CORP, ABANDONED, IN 1948 DUE TO PROBLEM OF LARGE AMOUNTS OF WATER ENCOUNTERED.

Comment (Deposit): SHAFT WAS STARTED IN 1942 BY THE EUREKA CORP., NO PRODUCTION WAS EVER RECORDED. THE SHAFT REACHED 2,465 FEET WITH A NUMBER OF CATERAL WORKINGS BEFORE IT WAS ABANDONED IN 1948. IT IS LOCATED ALONG THE NORTHEAST PORTION OF THE RUBY HILL AREA. THE LARGE AMOUNTS OF WATER ENCOUNTERRED WAS THE MAJOR PROBLEM ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Geology): THE FAD SHAFT WAS SUNK TO DEVELOPE DEEP SULFIDE OREBODIES DISCLOSED BY DIAMOND DRILLING. THE DRILLING CUT ORE FROM 2,200 TO 2,500 FEET. WHEN A CROSSCUT WAS MADE AT THE 2250 FOOT LEVEL FROM THE SHAFT. HOWEVER A LARGE IN FLOW OF WATER WAS TAPPED AND THE SHAFT ABANDONED.

Comment (Location): UTM PRECISION 100 M

Comment (Deposit): REPLACEMENT SULFIDE ORE

Comment (Workings): SHAFT PLUS A NUMBER OF LATERAL WORKINGS

References

Reference (Deposit): AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1989

Reference (Reserve-Resource): AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOOK, 1989

Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS ET AL (1967) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO. NEV., N.B. OF M. BULL 64

Reference (Deposit): U.S.B. OF M.ELY) MILS NO 123, REF. NO 3201100093

Reference (Deposit): NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, NEV., USGS PP. 406

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.