The Smithsonite Mine is a zinc and lead mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,199 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: 4,199 Feet (1,280 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Lead
Lat, Long: 35.82444, -115.54417
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Smithsonite Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Smithsonite Mine
Secondary: Polly Pry Claim
Secondary: Crown Claim
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Goodsprings
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
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: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Large Scale Overthrusts
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Calamine
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Aurichalcite
Ore: Wulfenite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): 1000 FT. NW OF THE SHENANDOAH MINE
Comment (Geology): LIMONITE MORE ABUNDANT HERE THAN IN MOST OTHER PB - ZN MINES IN THE DISTRICT.
References
Reference (Deposit): HEWETT, 1931 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD., USGS PROF. PAPER 162 , P. 141 .
Reference (Deposit): LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 62 , P. 196 .
Reference (Deposit): SCHILLING, 1962 B, MOLYBDENUM IN NEVADA, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT 2 .
Reference (Production): HEWETT, 1931
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.
