The Prairie Flower Mine is a zinc and lead mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,482 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,482 Feet (1,366 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Lead
Lat, Long: 35.85528, -115.48833
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Prairie Flower Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Prairie Flower Mine
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
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: Yellow Pine Mining Co.
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: Major Faults In District Make A Reticulate Pattern
Type: L
Description: On The Nw Limb Of The Porphyry Gulch Anticline Broken By Many Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Descloizite
Ore: Mimetite
Ore: Calamine
Comments
Comment (Workings): UNDERGROUND WORKINGS NOW CONNECTED TO THE YELLOW PINE MINE.
Comment (Geology): GALENA WAS PROBABLY MOST ABUNDANT BUT NOW MINETITE IS MUCH MORE COMMON.
Comment (Deposit): LATEST PRODUCTION 1952 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): HEWETT, 1931 , GEOLOGY & ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD., USGS PROF. PAPER 162 , P. 127 - 129 .
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 (Deposit): ALBRITTON, C. C., JR., RICHARDS, A., BROKAW, A. L., REINEMUND, J. A., 1954 , GEOLOGIC CONTROLS OF PB & ZN DEPOSITS IN GOODSPRINGS DISTRICT GEOL. SURV. BULL. 1010
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.
