Azure Ridge Mine

The Azure Ridge Mine is a zinc mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 2,799 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

Name: Azure Ridge Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Clark

Elevation: 2,799 Feet (853 Meters)

Commodity: Zinc

Lat, Long: 36.31833, -114.08167

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Azure Ridge Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Azure Ridge Mine
Secondary: Bonelli Mine


Commodity

Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold


Location

State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Gold Butte


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

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: John F. Perkins ( 1937 )


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: LENS-SHAPED


Structure

Type: R
Description: Gold Butte Fault North Of Mine.

Type: L
Description: 2 Bedding Plane Faults Within The Mine Area.


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Malachite
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Limonite


Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF 3 SHORT ADITS AND NUMEROUS SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS. SKETCH MAP OF MINE IN LONGWELL ETAL 1965 P. 130 .

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED

Comment (Production): 1918 , 2 CARLOADS OF SORTED ZINC ORE, 1 CARLOAD OF SORTED COPPER ORE. ZINC ORE AVERAGED 40 % ZN, COPPER ORE AVERAGED 35 % CU, WITH SMALL VALUES IN GOLD AND SILVER.

Comment (Geology): ORE IS IN IRREGULAR, LENS-SHAPED, REPLACEMENT BODIESIN LIGHT GRAY DOLOMITE OF LATE CAMBRIAN AGE WHICH LIES IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF THE GOLD BUTTE FAULT.


References

Reference (Deposit): LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO. NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 62 , P. 124 - 131 , P. 183 .

Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG

Reference (Production): LONGWELL ETAL, 1965


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.