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Lookout Mine

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

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037226
MRDS ID M031119
Record type Site
Current site name Lookout Mine
Alternate or previous names Annex Mine, Mountain Top Mine
Related records 10270401

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.45751, 35.80472 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 3 MILES 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
025S 058E 03 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR CREST OF HIGH RIDGE

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calamine Ore
Cuprodescloizite Ore
Galena Ore
Hydrozincite 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 > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Bird Spring Dolomite
    Rock description Bird Spring Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.45751, 35.80472
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Geologic structures

Type Description Terms
Regional Fredrickson Rift Zone (Nw Belt Of Shearing)
Local Numerous Minor Fractures, Fredrickson Fault

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Crushed Dolomite Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • ALL THE ORE DEPOSITS IN THIS GROUP LIE IN A THIN ZONE LESS THAN 100 FEET THICK NEAR THE BASE OF THE BIRD SPRING FM. GALENA IS FOUND IN BROKEN DOLOMITE ZONES, CUPRODESCLOIZITE COATED DUMP FRAGMENTS.

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 Goodspring

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION REPORTED INCLUDES NEW YEAR MINE AND NOT THE ANNEX CLAIM. 36 TONS OF VANADIC OXIDE ORE WHICH PRODUCED 9.26% VANADIC OXIDE ALSO REPORTED. COMBINED PRODUCTION FOR LOOKOUT AND MOUNTAIN TOP MINES WAS ABOUT 2000 TONS OF ORE OF ALL CLASSES. LOOKOUT CLAIM ALONE ESTIMATED AT 400 - 500 TONS, MOSTLY PB ORE. MOUNTAIN TOP ESTIMATED AT 1,500 TONS, MOSTLY ZN ORE. ANNEX CLAIM HAS YIELDED 250 TONS MOSTLY PB TON.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS INCLUDE A 75 FT. TUNNEL AT THE NW END (WHICH SHIPPED VANADIC OXIDE ORE, THE LARGEST SHIPMENT OF VANADUIM ORE MADE FROM THE DISTRICT BY 1931 .) ANOTHER TUNNEL SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET EAST OF THE FIRST 125 FEET LONG, AND SEVERAL OTHER EXPLORATIONS NEAR BY.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M031119

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEWETT, 1931 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD; USGS PROF. PAPER 162 , P. 150 - 151 .

  • Deposit

    LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO. NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 62 , P. 192 .

Reporter information

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