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Puelz Mine

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

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037232
MRDS ID M031125
Record type Site
Current site name Puelz Mine
Related records 10221331

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.48084, 35.77389 (WGS84)
Elevation 1311
Relative position 5 MILES SW 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 16 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calamine Ore
Galena Ore
Hydrozincite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Porphyry > Lamprophyre
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.48084, 35.77389
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Geologic structures

Type Description Terms
Regional Fredrickson Rift Zone (Nw Belt Of Shearing).
Local Puelz Thrust Marked By Broad Breccia Zone, Normal Faults Trending East And Dipping Steeply N.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE MINERALS FOLLOW BRECCIATED ZONE PARALLEL TO THE BEDDING.

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 workings information

  • PRINCIPAL WORKINGS ON THE N SIDE NEAR THE HIGH POINT OF THE RIDGE. THERE ARE FIVE TUNNELS WITH IRREGULAR STOPES APPROX. PARALLEL TO THE BEDDING.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M031125

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEWETT, 1931 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD., USGS PROF. PAPER 162 P. 154 .

  • 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. 195 .

  • 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