Deposit ID | 10008116 |
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MRDS ID | D000029 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Prairie Flower Mine |
Related records | 10246239 |
Geographic coordinates: | -115.48917, 35.85528 (WGS84) |
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Elevation | 1366 |
Relative position | 4 MILES NW OF GOODSPRINGS |
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Country | State | County |
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United States | Nevada | Clark |
Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
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024S | 058E | 17 | Nevada |
Commodity | Importance |
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Zinc | Primary |
Lead | Primary |
Copper | Secondary |
Silver | Secondary |
Gold | Secondary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Calamine | Ore |
Descloizite | Ore |
Galena | Ore |
Mimetite | Ore |
Model code | 72 |
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USGS model code | 19a |
Deposit model name | Polymetallic replacement |
Mark3 model number | 47 |
Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
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Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||||
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Host or associated | Host |
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Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite |
Rock unit name | Yellow Pine Limestone |
Rock description | Yellow Pine Limestone |
(1) | -115.48917, 35.85528 |
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Type | Description | Terms |
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Regional | Major Faults In District Make A Reticulate Pattern | |
Local | On The Nw Limb Of The Porphyry Gulch Anticline Broken By Many Faults |
Strike | N 30 E |
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Dip | 45 NW |
Development status | Past Producer |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
Deposit size | Small |
Significant | No |
District name | Goodsprings |
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Ownership category | Private |
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Type | Owner |
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Owner | Yellow Pine Mining Co. |
Type of workings | Underground |
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Length | 426.72M |
Overall depth | 121.92M |
Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D000029 |
HEWETT, 1931 , GEOLOGY & ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD., USGS PROF. PAPER 162 , P. 127 - 129 .
LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO. NEV. BUR. OF MINES, BULL. 62 , P. 186 .
ALBRITTON, C. C., JR., RICHARDS, A., BROKAW, A. L., REINEMUND, J. A., 1954 , GEOLOGIC CONTROLS OF PB & ZN DEPOSITS IN GOODSPRINGS DISTRICT GEOL. SURV. BULL. 1010
LONGWELL, PAMPEYAN, BOWYER, ROBERTS, 1965
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | LATEST PRODUCTION 1952 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 01-AUG-1973 | Fischer, Richard P. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
Updater | 01-MAR-1979 | Harner, Joy L. | U.S. Geological Survey | PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD |
Editor | 27-APR-1995 | Mosier, Dan | U.S. Geological Survey |