Mine detail: Trinity-Atlas Claims

Previously called 'Atlas Claims'

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Location

Lat / long: 40.56546, -117.11845

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Lead
Secondary: Copper, Gold, Zinc
Tertiary: Antimony, Iron, Arsenic
Ore: Gold, Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR, LENSES
Other material: Pyrite
Discovery year: 1880

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1880

Geology

Host rock:Harmony Of Scott Canyon Formation
Host type:Sandstone
Associated type:Granite
Structure:Dewitt Thrust Fault, Trinity Fault, Nw Faults

References

MRDSM231383
DEP10044061
Reference{Deposit:: STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 88.}{Deposit:: HILL, J.M., 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE CALIFORNIA AND NW NEVADA: U.S.G.S. BULL. 594.}{Deposit:: ROBERTS, R.J., AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEV; U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 459-B.}{Production:: ROBERTS, R.J., AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965.}
ReporterLa Pointe, D. D.