Albion Shaft

The Albion Shaft is a lead, gold, and silver mine located in Eureka county, Nevada.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Albion Shaft

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver

Location

State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Eureka District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1881
Discovery Year: 1881
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

Model Name: Polymetallic replacement

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Ruby Hill Thrust Zone

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

Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Mimetite
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Plumbojarosite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Goethite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Galena
Gangue: Tetrahedrite

Comments

Comment (Development): THE PROPERTY WAS WORKED FROM 1881 TO 1890

Comment (Deposit): THE PROPERTY WAS WORKED FROM 1881 TO 1890 AND 6,703 TONS OF ORE WAS PRODUCED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Deposit): ORE OCCURS AS IRREGULAR REPLACEMENT BODIES IN DOLOMITE WHERE IT HAS BEEN BRECCIATED AND FRACTURED

Comment (Geology): ORE OCCURS AS IRREGULAR REPLACEMENT BODIES IN DOLOMITE WHERE IT HAS BEEN BRECIATED IN THE UPPER PLATE OF THE RUBY HILL THRUST ZONE. MOST OF THE OXIDIZED ORES ARE EARTHY AND REDDISH. SOLUTION CAVES ARE COMMON (NOLAN, 1962).

References

Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R.J. ETAL, (1967) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO, N.B. OF M. BULL 64.

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

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES (ELY) MILS NO. 119, REFERENCE NO 3201100094.

Reference (Production): NOLAN, T.B. (1962)

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.