Tiffin Mine

The Tiffin Mine is a zinc and lead mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 3,520 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

Name: Tiffin Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Clark

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

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.