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Prairie Flower Mine

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008116
MRDS ID D000029
Record type Site
Current site name Prairie Flower Mine
Related records 10246239

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.48917, 35.85528 (WGS84)
Elevation 1366
Relative position 4 MILES NW OF GOODSPRINGS
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
024S 058E 17 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calamine Ore
Descloizite Ore
Galena Ore
Mimetite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Yellow Pine Limestone
    Rock description Yellow Pine Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.48917, 35.85528
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Geologic structures

Type Description Terms
Regional Major Faults In District Make A Reticulate Pattern
Local On The Nw Limb Of The Porphyry Gulch Anticline Broken By Many Faults

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30 E
    Dip 45 NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Permeability Of Limestone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GALENA WAS PROBABLY MOST ABUNDANT BUT NOW MINETITE IS MUCH MORE COMMON.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Goodsprings

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Yellow Pine Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 426.72M
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • UNDERGROUND WORKINGS NOW CONNECTED TO THE YELLOW PINE MINE.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS D000029

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEWETT, 1931 , GEOLOGY & ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD., USGS PROF. PAPER 162 , P. 127 - 129 .

  • Deposit

    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 .

  • Deposit

    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

  • Production

    LONGWELL, PAMPEYAN, BOWYER, ROBERTS, 1965

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LATEST PRODUCTION 1952 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
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