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
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
Not available
Workings
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Ownership
Not available
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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
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Rocks
Name: Hornfels
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
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
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.
