Contact Mine

The Contact Mine is a zinc mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,600 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Contact Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Clark

Elevation: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)

Commodity: Zinc

Lat, Long: 35.93111, -115.47250

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Contact Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Contact Mine


Commodity

Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Vanadium


Location

State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Goodsprings


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic replacement


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: R
Description: Large Scale Overthrusting

Type: L
Description: Thrust Fault, Beds Form South Pitching Anticline


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Aurichalcite
Ore: Hydrozincite
Ore: Calamine
Ore: Cuprodescloizite
Ore: Galena


Comments

Comment (Location): ON EAST SLOPE OF THE MOUNTAINS

Comment (Geology): DOLOMITE BRECCIA IN ZONE PARALLEL TO BULLION DOLOMITE MEMBER BEDDING BENEATH THE CONTACT THRUST

Comment (Workings): THERE ARE 2 MAIN WORKINGS - A 160 FT. TUNNEL AND A SHAFT UP TO 300 FEET DEEP SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET WEST OF THE TUNNEL.


References

Reference (Production): HEWETT, 1931

Reference (Deposit): HEWETT, 1931 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD., USGS PROF. PAPER 162 , P. 126 .

Reference (Deposit): LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY & MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO.: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 62 , P. 186 .


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.