Blossom Mine

The Blossom Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 3,681 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

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Site Name

Primary: Blossom Mine

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver

Location

State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Searchlight

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: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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
Physiographic Detail: New Berry Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR-SILL-LIKE (IRREGULAR)

Structure

Type: L
Description: Mine Is At The Contact Of A Sill-Like Protruberence Of The Quartz Monzonite Body

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: AU: AG = 1:4

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Development): SOUTHERN NEVADA MINING & MILLING CO. WORKED THE PROPERTY SHORTLY AFTER COMPLETION OF THE SPOKANE SHAFT. THE ORE WAS MILLED AT THE SOUTHERN NEVADA MILL. SMALL PRODUCTION WAS REPORTED 1961-62.

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION RECORDED FOR YEARS 1903-1908, 1913-1918, 1924, AND 1934. SMALL PRODUCTION IN 1961 AND 1962.

Comment (Workings): MAIN SURFACE BODY WAS MINED OUT BY 1906. THE SPOKANE AND FAULT SHAFTS EXPLORED THE SUBSURFACE WITH 3 LEVELS; AT 75 FT VERTICALLY, 95 FT & 137 FT REPECTIVELY.

Comment (Geology): THE QUARTZ MONZONITE-COUNTRY ROCK CONTACT IS NOT OFFSET BY THE FOOTWALL AND BRECCIA ZONE OF THE SURFACE BODY, WHICH INDICATES THE ORE WAS VERY EASILY BRECCIATED WITH LITTLE RELATIVE MOVEMENT. THE SURFACE BODY APPEARS TO CURVE GENTLY DOWNWARD TOWARD THE CONSPICUOUS GOUGE SEAM OR FAULT, BUT NOT HAVE ACTUALLY REACHED THE FAULT. NATIVE AU WAS ASSOCIATED WITH LIMONITE AND SMALL STREAKS OF SPECULAR HEMATITE, AND WAS GENERALLY WITHIN FRAGMENTED COUNTRY ROCK WITH POROUS SUGARY QUARTZ. THE ORE MINED HERE IS DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER ORE AT SEARCHLIGHT, BUT RESEMBLES ORE FOUND IN THE ELDORADO DIST.

Comment (Location): BETWEEN SEARCHLIGHT M M AND POMPEIT MINES.

References

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION (DEC. 4, 1982)

Reference (Deposit): CALLAGHAN, E., 1939, GEOLOGY OF THE SEARCHLIGHT DIST, CLARK CO., NEV., USGS BULL 906-D, P. 176-179

Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, F.L., 1907, PRELIMINARY ACCOUNT OF GOLDFIELD, BULLFROG, AND OTHER MINING DIST. IN SOUTHERN NEV., USGS BULL 303, P. 72-74

Reference (Deposit): LONGWELL, C.R., ETAL, 1965, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK, CO., NEV., NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL 62, P. 114,201.

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.