The Middlesex Mine is a lead and zinc mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,800 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: 4,800 Feet (1,463 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 35.84583, -115.48583
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Middlesex Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Middlesex Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: Large Scale Overthrusts
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Hydrozincite
Comments
Comment (Location): 1/2 MILE SE OF YELLOW PINE MINE
Comment (Production): NO RECORDED PRODUCTION, BUT ESTIMATED AT 200 TONS OF PB/ZN ORE.
Comment (Workings): 2 TUNNELS, UPPER 100 FT LONG, AND LOWER 400 FT LONG. ALSO 3 OTHER TUNNELS WITHIN 600 FT FROM THE MINE WHICH EXPLORE SAME ORE ZONE
Comment (Geology): GALENA IN COARSE CUBIC CRYSTALS EMBEDDED IN WHITE COARSE DOLOMITE. GRANITE PORPHYRY SILL IS 40 FT STRATIGRAPHICALLY BELOW THE FRACTURE.
References
Reference (Deposit): HEWETT, 1931 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD; USGS PROF. PAPER 162 P. 137
Reference (Production): HEWETT, 1931
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.
