Mine detail: American Shaft

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Location: Eureka County, Nevada, United States, North America
Lat / long: 39.49243, -115.98673
dep_id: 10044785
mrds_id: M232374
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Gold, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Anglesite, Plumbojarosite, Tetrahedrite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
model: 72: Polymetallic replacement
conc_proc: Oxidation Of Sulfides Above The Water Table
ore_ctrl: Favorable Beds Or Zones In The Dolomite
Reporter: Kirkham, Richard A.
hrock_unit: Eldorado Dolomite
hrock_type: Dolomite
Structure: Jackson Normal Fault Zone Influenced Mineralization
References:
  • Deposit:: ROBERTS, EL AL (1967) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF EUREKA CO. NEV., N.B. OF M. BULL 64
  • Deposit:: U.S.B. OF M. (ELY) MILS NO 118, REFERENCE NO 3201100102
  • Deposit:: NOLAN T.B. (1962) THE EUREKA MINING DISTRICT, NEV., USGS PROF PAPER 406
  • Production:: NOLAN, T.B., 1962
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