The Accident Mine is a lead and zinc mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,301 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,301 Feet (1,311 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 35.76, -115.44306
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Accident Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Accident Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: Fredrickson Rift Belt (Nw Belt Of Pronounced Shearing)
Type: L
Description: Several Faults Exposed In The Workings; 75 Feet East Of The Mouth Of The Main Tunnel Is A Fault Breccia Striking N 17 W And Dipping 65 W, Separating Bullion Dolomite From Bird Spring Fm. Base. This Fault Is Cut Off On The N By Another Eastward Dipping Fault.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Anglesite
Comments
Comment (Workings): THERE ARE 2 MAIN STOPES EXPLORED BY A TUNNEL, ONE ON EACH SIDE OF A FAULT.
Comment (Geology): 75 FT. EAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MAIN ACCIDENT TUNNEL IS A FAULT BRECCIA SEPARATING BULLION DOLOMITE FROM BIRD SPRING FM. BASE. ORE OCCURS ALONG BRECCIA ZONE PARALLEL TO THE BEDDING, 1 - 3 FEET THICK WITH SPERADIC GALENA CRYSTALS.
References
Reference (Deposit): HEWETT, 1931 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD., USGS PROF. PAPER 162 P. 158 .
Reference (Deposit): LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY & MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO. NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 62 P. 186 .
Reference (Deposit): ALBRITTON & OTHERS, 1954 , GEOLOGY CONTROLS OF LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS IN GOODSPRINGS DISTRICT, NEV. USGS BULL. 1010 P. 97 - 100 .
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.
