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Sultan Mine

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

Identification information

Deposit ID 10246274
MRDS ID M031132
MAS/MILS ID 0320030157
Record type Site
Current site name Sultan Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.50024, 35.7522 (WGS84)
Elevation 1170
Location accuracy 10(meters)
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 025 S 058 E 20 E2SWSE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Unknown
Calamine Unknown
Cerussite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Smithsonite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.50024, 35.7522
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Ore body information

  • Depth to top 46M
    Width 0.3M
    Length 4.6M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #1 PIPELIKE
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Shape of Orebody #3 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 DOLOMITIZATION
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Comments on the geologic information

  • HYDROZINCITE IS THE MAIN ZINC MINERAL, AND THE DOMINANT MINERAL FOUND IN THE MINE.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1910
Year of first production 1910

Mining district

District name Goodsprings District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner M. B. Robbins
    Home office California
    Year 1952
  • Type Operator
    Owner L. F. Jacobson
    Home office Nevada

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • GRADE OF ORE APPARENTLY INCREASES WITH DEPTH.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
U.S. Bureau of Mines Minerals Availability System MAS 0320030157
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M031132 MAS references MRDS

Bibliographic references

  • Geology

    GARSIDE, L.J., RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURENCES IN NEVADA,

  • Geology

    1973, NEV. BU MINES BULL. 81, PP. 33.

  • Deposit

    LONGWELL, C.R., ET AL, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK

  • Deposit

    CO., NEV., 1965,, NEV. BU MINES BULL. 62, P. 197.

  • Deposit

    ALBRITTON, C.C. JR., ET AL, GEOLOGICAL CONTROLS OF PB AND ZN

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS, GOODSPRINGS DISTRICT, NEV., 1954, USGS BULL.

  • Deposit

    1010, P. 70-81, PL. 20,21.

  • Deposit

    GEEHAN, R.W., SULTAN ZINC-LEAD MINE, CLARK CO., NEV., 1947,

  • Deposit

    US BU MINES R.I. 4119.

  • Deposit

    HEWETT, D.F., GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GOODSPRINGS

  • Deposit

    QUAD., NEV., USGS PROF. PAPER 162.

  • Deposit

    HEWETT, D.F., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE IVANPAH

  • Deposit

    QUAD., CA. AND NEV., UUSGS PROF. PAPER 275.

  • Deposit

    GAGE, H.L., THE LEAD-ZINC MINES OF NEVADA, 1941, BONNEVILLE

  • Deposit

    POWER ADMIN., CONFIDENTIAL REPORT, P. 38-41.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE PIPE-LIKE ORE BODIES ARE ACTUALLY A NUMBER OF SMALLER LENS-SHAPED ORE BODIES DISTRIBUTED IS A PIPE-LIKE SHAPE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-FEB-93 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines