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Ingomar and Milford No. 2 Mines

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

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037221
MRDS ID M031113
Record type Site
Current site name Ingomar and Milford No. 2 Mines
Related records 10246230

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.48862, 35.70611 (WGS84)
Relative position 18 MILES BY ROAD SOUTH 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
026S 058E 05 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Hydrozincite Ore
Lead Ore
Smithsonite 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 Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.48862, 35.70611
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Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description The Ridge That The Mine Is On Forms Part Of A Block That Has Been Thrust Forward And Upward 1000 Feet Along The Milford Thrust. Two Minor Thrusts Overlie This Thrust.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciation Along Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ORE BODIES ARE ALONG FAULTS IN THE DOLOMITIZED LIMESTONE. HIGH RADIOACTIVITY NOTED FROM HYDROZINCITE ASSOCIATED WITH THE LIMONITE.

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M031113

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEWETT, 1931 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD, USGS PROF. PAPER 162 .

  • Deposit

    LONGWELL, C. R., 1965

  • 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