Mine detail: Atlas Shaft

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Location: Eureka County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.47632, -115.98146
dep_id: 10044783
mrds_id: M232372
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Gold, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Anglesite, Plumbojarosite
orebody_fm: TABULLAR TO IRREGULAR
work_type: Underground
model: 72: Polymetallic replacement
alteration: Local Silicification
conc_proc: Hydrothermal Replacement. Oxidation Of Sulfides Above The Water Table.
ore_ctrl: Fractured Zones Within The Dolomite
Reporter: Kirkham, Richard A.
hrock_unit: Hamburg Dolomite
hrock_type: Dolomite
arock_type: Rhyolite
Structure: Northeast-Striking Transverse Faults More Abundant
Year first produced: 1875
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1875
References:
  • Deposit:: ROBERTS R.J., ETAL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO. NEV, NEV. BUREAR OF MINES BULL 64
  • Deposit:: US BUREAU OF MINES (ELY) MILS NO 112 REFERENCE NO 3201100116
  • Deposit:: NOLAN TIB. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, USGS PROF PAPER 406
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