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Columbia Mine

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

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037212
MRDS ID M031100
Record type Site
Current site name Columbia Mine
Alternate or previous names Josephine Claim
Related records 10197407

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.47612, 35.82028 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Relative position 2 MILES S 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 058E 33 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Heterogenite Ore
Malachite Ore
Dioptase Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.47612, 35.82028
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Geologic structures

Type Description Terms
Regional Large Scale Overthrusts.
Local Fault West Of The Shaft

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • COBALT OXIDE REPLACING DOLOMITE COUNTRY ROCK ALONG LOCAL FAULT, FORMING DENDRITES.

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 Joseph Dederich
    First year 1922

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 152.4M
    Overall depth 33.53M

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN WORKINGS ARE 2 SHAFTS 800 FEET APART.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M031100

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEWETT, 1931 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD. USGS PROF. PAPER 162 P. 121 - 122 .

  • Deposit

    LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY & MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO. NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 62 .

  • Deposit

    HEWETT, 1956 , GEOLOGY MINERAL RESOURCES OF IVANPAH QUAD. USGS PROF. PAP. 275 , P. 133 - 134 .

  • Production

    LONGWELL ETAL, 1965

Reporter information

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