The Hoodoo Mine is a zinc mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 2,881 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,881 Feet (878 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc
Lat, Long: 35.79194, -115.55028
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Hoodoo Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hoodoo Mine
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
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 Williams ( 1922 )
Production
Year: 1941
Time Period: 1911 - 1941
Year: 1941
Time Period: 1911 - 1941
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
Type: L
Description: Dolomite Block Is A Closely Folded Syncline Thrusted Over Bird Spring Fm. Beds Below.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: V2O5 15 % OF THE CONCENTRATES
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Hydrozincite
Ore: Calamine
Ore: Descloizite
Comments
Comment (Geology): PB & ZN FOUND ALONG SHEAR ZONES, ONE IRON STAINED SHEAR ZONE HAD DESCLOIZITE, MOST PB ENCOUNTERED WAS FREE FROM ZN. DOLOMITE BRECCIA FRAGMENTS VERY NONCOHERENT AND DRIFTS MADE BY PICK ONLY.
References
Reference (Deposit): HEWETT, 1931 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD., NEV. USGS PROF. PAPER 162 , P. 151 - 152 .
Reference (Deposit): LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO.: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 62 , P. 186 .
Reference (Production): HEWETT, 1931
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.
