Southern Nevada Mine

The Southern Nevada Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 3,701 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: Southern Nevada Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Clark

Elevation: 3,701 Feet (1,128 Meters)

Commodity: Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 35.48444, -114.92111

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Southern Nevada Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Southern Nevada Mine
Secondary: Spokane


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver


Location

State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Searchlight


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

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert


Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

Name: Hornfels
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleocene


Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Deposit): DEVELOPMENT CEASED WHEN BLOSSOM DEPOSIT DISCOVERED, AND WATER ( REACHED 200 FT. DOWN ) SUPPLIED WATER FOR THE 10 STAMP MILL WHERE THE BLOSSOM ORE WAS MILLED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Workings): VEIN EXPOSED ON THE SURFACE IS EXPLORED BY 3 SHAFTS OR DEEP PITS. NORTH OF THE MILL ARE 2 SHAFTS INCLINED TO THE SOUTH AND INACCESSIBLE IN 1931 .

Comment (Geology): VEIN CONSISTS OF A BRECCIA OF COUNTRY ROCK CEMENTED BY COMB QUARTZ, CONTAINING COARSE CALCITE IN VUGS AND A LITTLE COPPER STAIN. SOME LANELLAR CALCITE AND QUARTZ ALSO OCCURRED ON THE DUMP.


References

Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E., 1939 , GEOLOGY OF THE SEARCHLIGHT DISTRICT, CLARK CO. USGS BULL. 906-D P. 175


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.