The Arrowhead Mine is a copper, lead, and silver mine located in Lincoln county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,007 feet.
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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
Elevation: 6,007 Feet (1,831 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 37.1125, -115.58528
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Arrowhead Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Arrowhead Mine
Secondary: Southeastern Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lincoln
District: None
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Thrust Sheet
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): N END OF PINTWATER RANGE, AREA UNSURVEYED IN DESERT NATIONAL WILDLIFE RANGE AND NELLIS AIR FORCE RANGE. UTM IS TO MAIN CENTRALLY LOCATED SHAFT OF MANY WORK-INGS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Production): HISTORY AND PRODUCTION UNKNOWN
Comment (Workings): A 60 DEG INCLINED SHAFT FOLLOWS THE ZONE TO DEPTH OF AT LEAST 60 FEET
Comment (Geology): MINE IN SILICIFIED FAULT ZONE. ORE MINERALS CROP OUT FOR 100 FEET.
References
Reference (Deposit): TSCHANTZ CM & PAMPEYAN EH, 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS IN LINCOLN CO., NEV BUR MINES BULL 73
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.
