The Tiffin Mine is a zinc and lead mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 3,520 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: 3,520 Feet (1,073 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Lead
Lat, Long: 35.77778, -115.52583
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Tiffin Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tiffin Mine
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Beck, C. A.
Years: 1931 -
Production
Year: 1924
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^ 20,400 Lb Zn.
Year: 1920
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^ 24,000 Lb Pb
Year: 1917
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^500 Oz Ag
Year: 1916
Material type: CONCENTRA
Description: Ap_Grade: ^12 Oz Ag
Year: 1915
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^ 8.040 Lb. Pb.
Year: 1912
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^3 Oz Ag
Year: 1926
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^120 Oz Ag
Year: 1916
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^ 2,520 Lb Pb.
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1905
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
Type: R
Description: Thrust Fault, Normal Faults
Type: L
Description: Beds Are Much Disturbed, Locally Strike Ne And Dip 35-50 Se.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Hydrozincite
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Production): PROD. FROM 1917 INCLUDED ORE FROM EUREKA MINE.
Comment (Deposit): ORE IS DIRECTLY ASSOCIATED WITH THRUST AND NORMAL FAULTS.
Comment (Workings): 400 FT DRIFTS, 4 SHAFTS AND WINZES, ORE CAME 4 SMALL SHOOTS, 3 LIE ON A FAULT OR SPURS FROM IT.
Comment (Geology): ANOMOLOUS RADIOACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH LIMONITE, CU OXIDES, AND HYDROZINCITE. BACKGROUND = 10-20 CPS, HIGH = 400-500 CPS.
References
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURENCES OF NEV., NBMG, BULL 81., P. 33.
Reference (Production): HEWITT, 1931, USGS, PP 162, PG. UK3
Reference (Deposit): LONGWELL, C.R., 1965, GEOL. AND MIN. OF CLARK CO., NEV., NBMG, BULL 62, PG. 198.
Reference (Deposit): HEWITT, D.F., 1931, GEOL. AND MIN. DEP. OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD., NEV., USGS, PP 162, P. 153.
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.
