The Houghton Mine is a 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: Zinc
Lat, Long: 35.77167, -115.44000
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Houghton Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Houghton Mine
Secondary: Victory Mine
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: T. B. Keeler, P. S. Mcclanahan, M. T. Schwartz
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: North Westerly Belt Of Shearing (Fredrickson Rift Zone)
Type: L
Description: Verticle & Near Verticle Fractures Cross Workings Trending Nw To Ne
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Hydrozincite
Ore: Calamine
Ore: Smithsonite
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCED 200 TONS AVERAGING 19 - 23% ZINC
Comment (Workings): ORE MINED FROM OPEN CUT
Comment (Geology): ORE MINERALS IN VUGS IN THE DOLOMITE
References
Reference (Deposit): ALBRITTON AND OTHERS, 1954 , GEOLOGIC CONTROLS OF PB AND ZN DEPOSITS IN GOODSPRINGS DISTRICT,; USGS BULL 1010 P. 103 - 105 .
Reference (Deposit): 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.
