Mine detail: Wales Shaft

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Location: Eureka County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.51298, -116.00646
dep_id: 10044752
mrds_id: M232333
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Gold, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
orebody_fm: STRATABOUND,-TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
ore_ctrl: Fractured, Sheared Permeable Zones, & Capping Shale
Reporter: Kirkham, Richard A.
hrock_unit: Hamburg Dolomite
hrock_type: Dolomite
Structure: West Branch Of Jackson Fault Zone Bends To The West
References:
  • Deposit:: ROBERTS, ET AL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 64
  • Deposit:: NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREAK MINING DISTRICT-USGS PROF PAPER 406
  • Deposit:: USBM (MILLETT) MILS NO 92., REFERENCE NO. 3201100090
  • Production:: ROBERTS, R.J., ET AL., (1967)
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