The South Zone is a silver and gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,482 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
Elevation: 4,482 Feet (1,366 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 36.87889, -116.69472
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South Zone MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: South Zone
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Mercury
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Thallium
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Fluorine; Bare Mountain
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
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: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin & Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fluorspar Canyon Detachment Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Decalcification, Pyritization
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Dolomite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Dolomite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Dolomite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Commodity): AG, MO, CU, AND TL EXHIBIT THE STRONGEST TENDENCY TO CORRELATE WITH AU. MEAN AS VALUES TEND TO BE ANOMALOUSLY HIGH THROUGHOUT THE AU MINERALIZATION. CONCENTRATIONS OF HG TEND TO BE BELOW THE 500 PPB DETECTION LIMITS.
Comment (Location): IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF DAISY MINE (CROWELL MINE).; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = DEATH VALLEY (1970) 1:250000
References
Reference (Deposit): GREYBECK, J. D., AND WALLACE, A. B., 1991, GOLD MINERALIZATION AT FLUORSPAR CANYON NEAR BEATTY, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA, IN RAINES, G. L., ET AL, EDS., GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GREAT BASIN, THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA, RENO, P. 935-946
Reference (Reserve-Resource): GREYBECK, J. D., AND WALLACE, A. B., 1991, GOLD MINERALIZATION AT FLUORSPAR CANYON NEAR BEATTY, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA, IN RAINES, G. L., ET AL, EDS., GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GREAT BASIN, THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA, RENO, P. 935-946.
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.
