The Fitzhugh Lee Mine is a copper mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 3,799 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: 3,799 Feet (1,158 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 35.8175, -115.53889
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Fitzhugh Lee Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fitzhugh Lee Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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 Overthrusting
Type: L
Description: Synclinal Axis Of The Region Lies Several Hundred Feet South
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS INCLUDE A TUNNEL 50 FEET LONG ALONG THE SHEAR ZONE & SEVERAL TRENCHES AND ANOTHER SHORT TUNNEL
Comment (Geology): SHEAR ZONE WITH LENSES OF FERRUGINOUS CHERT WITH SPORADIC MALACHITE & CHRYSOCOLLA
References
Reference (Deposit): HEWETT, 1931 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD, USGS PROF. PAPER 162 P. 120
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.
