The Lookout Mine is a zinc and lead mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,800 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,800 Feet (1,463 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Lead
Lat, Long: 35.80472, -115.45667
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Lookout Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lookout Mine
Secondary: Annex Mine
Secondary: Mountain Top Mine
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Vanadium
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Goodspring
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
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
Model Name: Polymetallic replacement
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Fredrickson Rift Zone (Nw Belt Of Shearing)
Type: L
Description: Numerous Minor Fractures, Fredrickson Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Calamine
Ore: Galena
Ore: Cuprodescloizite
Ore: Hydrozincite
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS INCLUDE A 75 FT. TUNNEL AT THE NW END (WHICH SHIPPED VANADIC OXIDE ORE, THE LARGEST SHIPMENT OF VANADUIM ORE MADE FROM THE DISTRICT BY 1931 .) ANOTHER TUNNEL SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET EAST OF THE FIRST 125 FEET LONG, AND SEVERAL OTHER EXPLORATIONS NEAR BY.
Comment (Location): NEAR CREST OF HIGH RIDGE
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION REPORTED INCLUDES NEW YEAR MINE AND NOT THE ANNEX CLAIM. 36 TONS OF VANADIC OXIDE ORE WHICH PRODUCED 9.26% VANADIC OXIDE ALSO REPORTED. COMBINED PRODUCTION FOR LOOKOUT AND MOUNTAIN TOP MINES WAS ABOUT 2000 TONS OF ORE OF ALL CLASSES. LOOKOUT CLAIM ALONE ESTIMATED AT 400 - 500 TONS, MOSTLY PB ORE. MOUNTAIN TOP ESTIMATED AT 1,500 TONS, MOSTLY ZN ORE. ANNEX CLAIM HAS YIELDED 250 TONS MOSTLY PB TON.
Comment (Geology): ALL THE ORE DEPOSITS IN THIS GROUP LIE IN A THIN ZONE LESS THAN 100 FEET THICK NEAR THE BASE OF THE BIRD SPRING FM. GALENA IS FOUND IN BROKEN DOLOMITE ZONES, CUPRODESCLOIZITE COATED DUMP FRAGMENTS.
References
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. 192 .
Reference (Deposit): HEWETT, 1931 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD; USGS PROF. PAPER 162 , P. 150 - 151 .
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.
