Whale Mine

The Whale Mine is a zinc mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 3,999 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: Whale Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Clark

Elevation: 3,999 Feet (1,219 Meters)

Commodity: Zinc

Lat, Long: 35.80833, -115.52806

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Whale Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Whale Mine


Commodity

Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Molybdenum
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

Owner Name: Frank Miller


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 Overthrusts


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Calamine
Ore: Aurichalcite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Galena
Ore: Hydrozincite
Ore: Wulfenite


Comments

Comment (Workings): UPPER SHAFT HAD CHEIFLY HYDROZINCITE; THE LOWER TUNNEL HAD ONLY CALAMINE. EASTERN PART OF THE WHALE GROUP HAS 12 SHORT TUNNELS AND SHAFTS, ONE SHAFT IS 60 FT. DEEP EXPLORING CUPRODESCLOIZITE VEINS BUT NO RECORDED PRODUCTION FROM THERE.

Comment (Deposit): LATEST PRODUCTION 1943 ; WHALE MINE IS A GROUP OF SEVEN CLAIMS; REMAINING ORE IS LOW GRADE IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE GROUP BUT IF VANACLATES CAN BE PROFITABLY RECOVERED BY MILLING LOW GRADE MATERIAL THEN THE GROUP MAY DESERVE SOME ATTENTION ( HEWETT, 1931 ) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Geology): CALAMINE REPLACES DOLOMITIZED ANCHOR LIMESTONE BRECCIA NEAR CHERT LAYERS


References

Reference (Deposit): HEWETT, 1931 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD., USGS PROF. PAPER 162 , P. 145 - 146 .

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

Reference (Deposit): SCHILLING, 1962 B, MOLYBDENUM IN NEVADA, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, REPORT 2 .

Reference (Production): HEWETT, 1931 , LONGWELL, ETAL, 1965


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.