Atlanta Mine

The Atlanta Mine is a gold mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,860 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

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Site Name

Primary: Atlanta Mine
Secondary: Atlanta Home
Secondary: Atlanta N0s. 1-3
Secondary: Atlanta Strip No. 1
Secondary: Hillside
Secondary: Sparrow Hawk
Secondary: Pactolion Fraction
Secondary: Belle

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Silver

Location

State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: Atlanta (Silver Park, Silver Springs) 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

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Standard Slag Co., Ernie Charter, Manager
Home Office: P. O. Box 97, Pioche, NV 89043
Years: 1983 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L

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: Hot-spring Au-Ag

Orebody

Form: PIPE

Structure

Type: R
Description: Basin And Range. Atlanta Fault Zone, Mine Fault, Gold Fault.

Type: L
Description: Faults And Breccia Zone.

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification (Jasperoid), Oxidation

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Clay
Gangue: Alunite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Jasper
Gangue: Chert
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Not available

References

Reference (Deposit): TSCHANTZ, C. M., PAMPEYAN, E. H., 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO., NEVADA, NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 73, PP. 162- 163.

Reference (Deposit): HILL, J.AM., 1916, USGS BULL 648.

Reference (Deposit): HULSE, P., 1978, GOLD OPERATIONS AT THE ATLANTA MINE, MIN ENG,VOL 30, SEPT, 1978, P. 1299-1301.

Reference (Deposit): MEYERS, P. W., 1915, DEVELOPMENTS AT ATLANTA, NEVADA; ENG AND MIN JOUR, VOL 99, NO 12, P. 541-542.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE 164, ITEMS 2, 3, 4, 6, 8,9

Reference (Deposit): COX, JOHN W., 1981, GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE ATLANTA DISTRICT, LINCOLN COUNTY, NEVADA; M. S. THESIS, UNIV. OF NEVADA, RENO.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG, 1994, MI-1993

Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L. J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA, NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 81, P. 69.

Reference (Production): (15) GARSIDE, 1973, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 81, P. 69.STANDARD SLAG BROCHURE, NBMG DISTRICT FILESTANDARD SLAG BROCHURE, NBMG DISTRICT FILE NBMG MI-1993

Reference (Reserve-Resource): NBMG MI-1993

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.