The Tam O'Shanter Mine. is a lead mine located in Clark county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Tam O'Shanter Mine. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tam O'Shanter Mine.
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: 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: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: J. R. Newberry
Years: 1922 -
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: Large Scale Thrust Faults.
Type: L
Description: Tam O'Shanter Thrust.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Calamine
Ore: Aurichalcite
Ore: Pyromorphite
Ore: Plumbojarosite
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION INTERMITTENT.
Comment (Geology): ORE MATERIAL WAS HARD GRANULAR CERUSITE ASSOCIATED WITH FERRUGINOUS CHERT AND PLUMBOJAROSITE, IN BRECCIA ZONE PARALLEL TO THE BEDDING. RADIOACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH OXIDIZED COPPER MINERALS UNDERGROUND FRAGMENTS OF BANDED SMITHSONITE FOUND IN THE DUMP, PYROMORPHITE ON FRACTURES IN THE FERRUGINOUS CHERT.
References
Reference (Deposit): HEWETT, 1931 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD., USGS PROF. PAPER 162 P. 164 .
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 .
Reference (Production): 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.
