Akron Claim

The Akron Claim is a zinc mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 3,799 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: Akron Claim  

State:  Nevada

County:  Clark

Elevation: 3,799 Feet (1,158 Meters)

Commodity: Zinc

Lat, Long: 35.81139, -115.51472

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Akron Claim MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Akron Claim


Commodity

Primary: Zinc


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
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

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: L
Description: Beds Locally Folded And Crushed Along Nw Trending Fault.


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Cuprodescloizite
Ore: Calamine


Comments

Comment (Location): 1000 FT. EAST OF BILL NYE MINE AND 500 FEET NORTH OF BILL NYE SHAFT.

Comment (Production): NO RECORDED PRODUCTION, BUT 4 TO 5 CARLOADS OF ZINC ORE YIELD REPORTED; ALSO 7 TONS OF CUPRODESCLOIZITE ORE WITH 10 % VANADIC OXIDE SHIPPED.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS INCLUDE 95 FOOT DEEP SHAFT WITH TWO LEVELS AT 60 AND 95 FEET; AT ANOTHER LOCATION 500 FEET N OF BILL NYE SHAFT THERE IS A 10 FOOT PROSPECT.

Comment (Geology): CUPRODESCLOIZITE IS CEMENTING THE DOLOMITE BRECCIA AT PROSPECT 500 FEET NORTH OF BILL NYE SHAFT.


References

Reference (Deposit): HEWETT, 1931 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD. USGS PROF. PAPER 162 P. 147 .

Reference (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 .

Reference (Production): HEWETT, 1931 .


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.