The Ninety-Nine Mine is a copper and lead mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,600 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Lead
Lat, Long: 35.95194, -115.46500
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Ninety-Nine Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ninety-Nine Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
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: Ninety-Nine Mining Co.
Production
Year: 1946
Time Period: 1903 - 1946
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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Large Scale Overthrusting
Type: L
Description: Extensive Ninety-Nine Fault Is Ne Of The Shaft
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 8 % VANICOXIDE FROM 10 FT. PIT 1000 FT. EAST OF NINETY-NINE SHAFT
Materials
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Cuprodescloizite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Comments
Comment (Workings): MINING SHAFT HAS FOUR LEVELS
Comment (Deposit): OPERATION STOPPED IN 1946 , MOST OF REMAINING CHALCOCITE IS ALTERED TO CUPRITE AND MALACHITE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Geology): ORE BODIES WERE LENSES OF FERRUGINOUS CHERT W/ASSOCIATED MALACHITE AND CHRYSOCOLLA WITHIN THE DOLOMITE BRECCIA.
References
Reference (Deposit): HEWETT, 1931 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD., USGS PROF. PAPER 162 , P. 108 - 109 .
Reference (Deposit): LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO. NEV. BUR. OF MINES, BULL. 62 , P. 186 .
Reference (Production): LONGWELL, PAMPEYAN, BOWYER, ROBERTS, 1965
Nevada Gold
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.
