Tam O'Shanter Mine.

The Tam O'Shanter Mine. is a lead mine located in Clark county, Nevada.

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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

Name: Tam O'Shanter Mine.  

State:  Nevada

County:  Clark

Elevation:

Commodity: Lead

Lat, Long: 35.70861, -115.48222

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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

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.