The Volcano Mine is a zinc and lead mine located in Clark county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Volcano Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Volcano Mine
Secondary: Promethus Claim
Secondary: Bico Property
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Goodsprings District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Owner Name: Campbell, Allen S.
Owner Name: Beck, C. A.
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
Physiographic Detail: Spring Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: BACKGROUND=10 CPS, HIGH=30CPS-PROBABLY ASSOCIATED WITH HYDROZINCITE
Materials
Ore: Hydrozincite
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Location): EAST EDGE OF TABLE MOUNTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): ABOUT 300 TONS (10 CAR LOADS) OF LEAD-ZINC ORE HAS BEEN SHIPED.
Comment (Deposit): ORE SHOOTS PARALLEL TO BEDDING.
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL EXPLORATION ADITS AND SHAFTS. IN AN AREA 200 FT IN DIAMETER ON THE VOLCANO CLAIM, AND SHALLOW TUNNELS AND OPEN CUTS EXPLORING SMALL SHOOTS ON THE PROMETHEUS CLAIM.
References
Reference (Deposit): LONGWELL, C.R., 1965, GEOL. MIN. DEP. OF CLARK CO., NEV., NBMG, BULL 62, P. 198.
Reference (Production): 10 CARLOADS (300 TONS) OF PB-ZN ORE SHIPPED FROM VOLCANO CLAIM, AND 20 TONS OF PB ORE AND 70 TONS OF ZN ORE FROM THE PROMETHEUS CLAIM.
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, RAD. MIN. OCC. OF NEV., NBMG, BULL 81, P. 33.
Reference (Deposit): HEWITT, P.F., 1931, GEOL. AND MID. DEP. OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD., NEV., USGS, PP 162, P. 149.
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.
