Atlas Shaft

The Atlas Shaft is a silver, gold, and lead mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,999 feet.

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Mine Info

Name: Atlas Shaft  

State:  Nevada

County:  Eureka

Elevation: 7,999 Feet (2,438 Meters)

Commodity: Silver, Gold, Lead

Lat, Long: 39.47639, -115.98056

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Atlas Shaft MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Atlas 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: 1875
Discovery Year: 1875
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: TABULLAR TO IRREGULAR


Structure

Type: L
Description: Northeast-Striking Transverse Faults More Abundant


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Local Silicification


Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Plumbojarosite
Ore: Anglesite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): DEVELOPED BY AN 800 FT. SHAFT., $569,419 WORTH OF ORE WAS PRODUCED FROM 1875-1879. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Workings): SHAFT

Comment (Location): UTM PRECISION 500M

Comment (Deposit): ORE LOCALIZED IN INTENSELY FRACTURED ZONES IN DOLOMITE

Comment (Geology): ORE ZONE OCCURS IN INTENSELY FRACTURED LOCALLY SILICIFIED DOLOMITE WHERE NORHTEAST-STRIKING TRANSVERSE FAULTS ARE MORE ABUNDAT THEN ELSEWHERE. SMALL BODY OF INTRUSIVE TERFIARY RHYOLITE NEARBY.


References

Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS R.J., ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO. NEV, NEV. BUREAR OF MINES BULL 64

Reference (Deposit): US BUREAU OF MINES (ELY) MILS NO 112 REFERENCE NO 3201100116

Reference (Deposit): NOLAN TIB. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, USGS PROF PAPER 406


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.