The Milford Mine is a zinc and lead mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 3,599 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,599 Feet (1,097 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Lead
Lat, Long: 35.70889, -115.49111
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Milford Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Milford Mine
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
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
Owner Name: Goodsprings Mining Co.
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
Model Name: Polymetallic replacement
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Large Scale Thrust Faults
Type: L
Description: Contact Between 2 Members Is Broken By 9 Faults Within 1000 Feet West Of The Milford Shaft, A Westward And Ne Dipping Group.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Hydrozincite
Gangue: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Production): RECORDED PRODUCTION INCLUDES ADDISON MINE. TOTAL AMOUNT ORE FROM MILFORD UP TO 1928 WAS 3,369 TONS, ADDISON WAS 840 TONS. PB ORE CONTAINED 37 - 70 % PB, 2 - 5 OZ. AG/TON. MIXED PB/ZN ORE CONTAINED 13 - 27 % PB AND 22 - 34 % ZN. ZINC ORE CONTAINED 36 - 47 % ZN.
Comment (Workings): THERE ARE 4 LEVELS IN THE MINE AT 100 , 200 , 300 & 400 FEET
Comment (Geology): ORE BODIES FOLLOW THE CONTACT OF BULLION DOLOMITE AND ANCHOR LIMESTONE. ORE BEARING BRECCIA LIES ALONG THE FAULTS THAT ARE WESTWARD DIPPING. THERE ARE 5 DISTINCT ORE BODIES.
References
Reference (Deposit): HEWETT, 1931 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD. USGS PROF. PAPER 162 P. 165 - 166 .
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 .
Reference (Production): LONGWELL, ETAL, 1965
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.
