Shenandoah Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037021
MRDS ID M030071
Record type Site
Current site name Shenandoah Mine
Related records 10149582

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.55056, 35.82222 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position 6 MILES DUE WEST 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 057E 26 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 16 MILES FROM GOODSPRINGS BY ROAD

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Hydrozincite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Wulfenite Ore
Aragonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.55056, 35.82222

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Large Scale Overthrusts

Ore body information

  • Strike N 40 W
    Dip 20 SW

Comments on the geologic information

  • WULFENITE MOST ABUNDANT HERE THAN ANY OTHER PLACE IN THE DISTRICT. DOLOMITE BRECCIA CUTS ACROSS CHERTY LIMESTONE OF THE MONTE CRISTO FORMATION.

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

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1936 , 20 TONS OF MOLYBDENUM WERE PRODUCED FROM 5,000 TONS OF WULFENITE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 38.1M
    Overall depth 9.14M
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 15.24M

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M030071

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEWETT, 1931 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD., USGS PROF. PAPER 162 , P. 140 - 141 .

  • 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. 196 .

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING, 1962 B, MOLYBDENUM IN NEVADA, NEV. BUR. OF MINES, REPORT 2 .

  • Production

    LONGWELL, ETAL, 1965

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1972 Theodore, Ted G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey