The Fredrickson Mine is a gold, silver, zinc, and lead mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,400 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: 4,400 Feet (1,341 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead
Lat, Long: 35.82, -115.47806
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Fredrickson Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fredrickson Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Mercury
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: Goodsprings Dividend Mining Co.
Years: 1917 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1897
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: L
Description: Fredrickson Fault-Dip Slip-Approx. 1000 Ft To East
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limestone Dolomitized & Brecciated In And Near Fredrickson Fault
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Vanadinite
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Descloizite
Ore: Hydrozincite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Wulfenite
Gangue: Barite
Unknown: Cuprodescloizite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): CINNABAR AT BOTTOM OF SHAFT. CALAMINE NAME MENTIONED IN HEWETT, BUT NOW IS A DISCREDITED TERM FOR THE ORE MINERAL HEMIMORPHITE.
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Production): SMALL AMOUNT V2O5 ALSO PRODUCED
Comment (Development): SINCE 1917, PROPERTY HAS BEEN LEASED SEVERAL TIMES
Comment (Deposit): CINNABAR UNCOMMON
Comment (Workings): EXTENSIVE WORKINGS WITH MANY STOPES. STOPES CAN BE DIVIDED INTO 3 TYPES. STOPES ABOVE SECOND LEVEL YIELDED LEAD BEARING HYDROZINCITE. STOPES ABOVE 3RD LEVEL YIELDED SILVER. STOPES ABOVE 4TH LEVEL YIELDED LEAD, WITH VANADIUM AND CINNIBAR.
Comment (Geology): CINNIBAR ASSOCIATED WITH GALENA-FOUND AS COATINGS ON GALENA
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD IS AN UPDATED VERSION AND INCLUDES INFORMATION FROM M055449 WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS & MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO., RENO, NEVADA.
Reference (Production): LONGWELL, ET. AL; 1965, P.190
Reference (Deposit): HEWETT, D.F., 1931, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD: USGS P.P.162, P.147-148.
Reference (Deposit): LONGWELL, C.R., ET. AL, 1965, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK, CO., NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 62, P.190.
Reference (Deposit): ALBRITTEN, C. C., JR. ET AL., 1954, USGS BULL 1010.
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY & PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL, 41.
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.
