Mine detail: Albion Shaft

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Location: Eureka County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.50742, -115.9959
dep_id: 10044784
mrds_id: M232373
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Silver, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Anglesite, Mimetite, Plumbojarosite, Smithsonite, Wulfenite
gangue: Calcite, Galena, Goethite, Quartz, Tetrahedrite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
model: 72: Polymetallic replacement
conc_proc: Oxidation Of Sulfides Above The Water Table
ore_ctrl: Fractured, Brecciated, Permeable Zones
Reporter: Kirkham, Richard A.
hrock_unit: Eldorado Dolomite
hrock_type: Dolomite
Structure: Ruby Hill Thrust Zone
Year first produced: 1881
dy_ba: <
disc_yr: 1881
References:
  • Deposit:: ROBERTS, R.J. ETAL, (1967) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO, N.B. OF M. BULL 64.
  • Deposit:: NOLAN, T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, USGS PROF. PAPER 406
  • Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES (ELY) MILS NO. 119, REFERENCE NO 3201100094.
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