The Palace and Porter Mines is a lead mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,301 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: 4,301 Feet (1,311 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 35.76556, -115.44861
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Palace and Porter Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Palace and Porter Mines
Commodity
Primary: Lead
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
Deposit Type: Replacement
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 Zone (Nw Belt Of Shearing).
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Hydrozincite
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Location): HEAD OF MONTE CRISTO GULCH.
Comment (Workings): FLAT STOPE AT PORTER CLAIM 15 X 25 FEET IN AREA. THERE ARE 4 TUNNELS AT THE PORTER CLAIM.
Comment (Production): CLAIMS HAVE YIELDED 250 - 300 TONS OF HIGH GRADE LEAD ORE BETWEEN YEARS OF 1905 - 1925 . ONE SHIPMENT IN 1925 CONTAINED 30 TONS ORE WITH 241 OZ. AG AND 35,835 LBS. PB.
Comment (Geology): ORE IN IRREGULAR FLAT LENSES OF GALENA BEARING DOLOMITE, AND SOME REDDISH HYDROZINCITE.
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 AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO. NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 62 P. 195 .
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.
