Mine detail: Atlanta Mine

Previously called 'Atlanta HomeAtlanta N0s. 1-3Pactolion FractionBelleAtlanta Strip No. 1HillsideSparrow Hawk'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.46578, -114.32251

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Silver, Uranium
Ore:	Gold
Gangue:	Alunite, Chert, Clay, Jasper, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	PIPE

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Unknown
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Tank Hill Limestone;Eureka Quartzite
Host type:	Quartzite
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Basin And Range. Atlanta Fault Zone, Mine Fault, Gold Fault., Faults And Breccia Zone.
Tectonic:	Back-Arc Extensional Cratonic Basin
Alteration processes:	Silicification (Jasperoid), Oxidation

References

MRDS	W031572
DEP	10080425
Reference	{Deposit:: GARSIDE, L. J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEVADA, NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 81, P. 69.}{Deposit:: TSCHANTZ, C. M., PAMPEYAN, E. H., 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO., NEVADA, NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 73, PP. 162- 163.}{Deposit:: HILL, J.AM., 1916, USGS BULL 648.}{Deposit:: HULSE, P., 1978, GOLD OPERATIONS AT THE ATLANTA MINE, MIN ENG,VOL 30, SEPT, 1978, P. 1299-1301.}{Deposit:: MEYERS, P. W., 1915, DEVELOPMENTS AT ATLANTA, NEVADA; ENG AND MIN JOUR, VOL 99, NO 12, P. 541-542.}{Deposit:: NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE 164, ITEMS 2, 3, 4, 6, 8,9}{Deposit:: COX, JOHN W., 1981, GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE ATLANTA DISTRICT, LINCOLN COUNTY, NEVADA; M. S. THESIS, UNIV. OF NEVADA, RENO.}{Deposit:: NBMG, 1994, MI-1993}{Production:: (15) GARSIDE, 1973, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 81, P. 69.STANDARD SLAG BROCHURE, NBMG DISTRICT FILESTANDARD SLAG BROCHURE, NBMG DISTRICT FILE NBMG MI-1993}
Reporter	Zigler, Jan L. (Huber, Donald F.), La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.), Li, Zhiping (Moyer, Lorre A.), Mosier, Dan