The Christmas Group is a lead and zinc mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 3,999 feet.
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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: 3,999 Feet (1,219 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 35.72417, -115.45778
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Christmas Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Christmas Group
Secondary: Mountain Queen
Secondary: Silver Gem
Secondary: Eureka.
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: J. Doran (1922 )
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1913
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 Thrust Faults
Type: L
Description: Beds Are Along The Ne Limb Of A Minor Anticline. The Sultan Fault Is 1000 Ft. To The West, Several Post Mineral Nw Trending Faults, And There Are Inconspiceous Fractures Near The Workings Trending Ne.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ANALYSIS OF LIMESTONE AND DOLOMITE OF THE BIRD SPRING FM AVAILABLE ON PAGE 61.
Materials
Ore: Anglesite
Ore: Hydrozincite
Ore: Cuprodescloizite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Calamine
Ore: Vanadinite
Comments
Comment (Workings): CHRISTMAS GROUP WORKINGS INCLUDE 3 TUNNELS WHOSE AGGREGATE LENGTH IS ABOUT 1000 FEET EXPLORING 2 ORE SHOOTS. THE SILVER GEM CLAIM CONTAINS 5 TUNNELS WITH AGGREGATE LENGTH OF 1400 FEET.
Comment (Production): FIGURES ARE FOR CHRISTMAS, SILVERGEM AND EUREKA MINES COMBINED.
Comment (Development): MOST WORK WAS DONE 1915-1917
Comment (Geology): BRECCIA ZONES FOLLOW AND CUT ACROSS THE BEDDING PLANES, AND ARE COMPLETELY DOLOMITIZED GALENA FOUND EMBEDDED IN THE HYDROZINCITE, AND IN LENSES IN THE BRECCIA. MOST WEATHERED TO ANGLESITE RATIO OF AG TO PB IS UNCOMMONLY HIGH - 1 OZ. AG TO 1 % PB.
References
Reference (Deposit): HEWETT, 1931 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD., USGS PROF. PAPER 162 P. 162 .
Reference (Deposit): LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO. NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 62 P. 188 .
Reference (Production): LONGWELL ETAL 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.
