The Root Mine is a zinc and lead mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 3,399 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,399 Feet (1,036 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Lead
Lat, Long: 35.77806, -115.54389
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Root Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Root Mine
Secondary: Bonanza Hill
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
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
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: L
Description: Se Limb Of Anticline Trending Ne; Numerous Joints And Shear Zones, Fault With 100 - 200 Ft. Of Displacement.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Hydrozincite
Comments
Comment (Location): NORTH SLOPE OF BONANZA HILL.
Comment (Workings): THERE ARE 3 PRODUCTION AREAS; THE PB BEARING AREA IS 150 BY 500 FEET WITH SEVERAL TUNNELS AND PITS 2000 FEET SW OF THE CAMP; A MAINLY ZN BEARING TUNNEL WHICH IS THE LONGEST 2000 FEET S OF CAMP; AND A TUNNEL ON THE EAST END WHICH ENCOUNTERS THE LARGEST BODY OF ZN ORE ON BONANZA HILL.
Comment (Geology): GALENA OCCURS AS RESIDUAL PODS IN MASSES OF CERUSSITE. CALAMINE IS LARGELY ON FRACTURES THAT CUT THE HYDROZINCITE.
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. 195 .
Reference (Deposit): ALBRITTON AND OTHERS, 1954 .
Reference (Production): LONGWELL ETAL 1965
Reference (Deposit): HEWETT, 1931 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD., USGS PROF. PAPER 162 P. 152 .
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.
