The Singer Mine is a silver, lead, copper, and zinc mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 3,301 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,301 Feet (1,006 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc
Lat, Long: 35.77694, -115.52528
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Singer Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Singer Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1920
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^652 Oz Ag
Year: 1917
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^ 124,074 Lb Pb
Year: 1916
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^ 209 Lb Cu
Year: 1914
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^ 481 Oz Ag
Year: 1913
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^.3 Oz Au
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1907
Discovery Year: 1892
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
Model Name: Polymetallic replacement
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Thrust Fault, Normal Faults (N45w, 80sw)
Type: L
Description: Fault Trending N45w, Dip 80 Sw Limits Stope On W Side Of Shaft. Also Several Minor Faults On Surface.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Lamprophyre
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Lamprophyre
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 213 TONS OF PB ORE PRODUCED CONTAINING 27 TO 60% PB, 2.8-11 OZ AG/TON, 20-35% ZN.
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Hydrozincite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ORE IN BRECCIA ZONE IN DOLOMITIZED LIMESTONE, BRECCIA IS ABOUT 100 FT THICK.
Comment (Production): ALSO 2 CARLOADS OF ORE REPORTED SHIPPED IN 1907.
Comment (Development): MINE WAS OPERATED BY HOWARD MINES CO. UNDER LEASE 1913-1914; BY S.E. YOUNT AND O.J. FISK 1916-1918; AND BY J.O. FREDRICKSON AND P.H. SPRINGER IN 1920.
Comment (Workings): MAIN TUNNEL (ADIT?) AND SEVERAL SHORT ADITS. WORKING LIE WITHIN LIMESTONE THRUST ONTO BIRDSTRINGS FM. (PENN)
Comment (Geology): RADIOACTIVITY: BACKGROUND = 10-20 CPS, HIGH = 400-500 CPS, SELECT SAMPLES CONTAINED UP TO .06% U308; SOME RADIOACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH LIMONITE, OXIDIZED CO MINERALS AND HYDROZINCITE. MINOR CARNOTITE FOUND ALONG POST MINERAL FAULTS.
Comment (Location): ABOUT 300 FT FROM TIFFIN MINE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
References
Reference (Deposit): LONGWELL, C.R., ETAL, 1965, GEOL. AND MIN. DEP. OF CLARK CO, NEV., NBMG BULL 62, PG. 196
Reference (Deposit): HEWETT, D.F., 1931, GEOL. AND ORE DEP. OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD, NEV, USGS, P.P. 162, P. 154.
Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF NEV., NBMG, BULL 81, PG. 33-34
Reference (Production): LONGWELL, ET AL., 1965.
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.
