Azurite Mine

The Azurite Mine is a zinc, lead, and copper mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 3,839 feet.

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Mine Info

Name: Azurite Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Clark

Elevation: 3,839 Feet (1,170 Meters)

Commodity: Zinc, Lead, Copper

Lat, Long: 35.82611, -115.56028

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Azurite Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Azurite Mine
Secondary: Rosella
Secondary: Sandy
Secondary: Gulch Claims


Commodity

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


Location

State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Goodsprings District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Azurite Mining Co.
Years: 1911 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1899
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

Form: BRECCIA ZONE


Structure

Type: R
Description: Large-Scale Overthrusts

Type: L
Description: Nw Trending Breccia Zones. Considerable Folding


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian

Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: AG=0.6-3.35 OZ/TON (21-110 PPM), AU=0.01-0.06 OZ/TON (0.34-2.1 PPM) IN ORE CONTAINING 5-14.9 % CU. ROSELLA CLAIM TUNNEL YIELDED 43 TONS OF ORE WITH 30-33% ZN AND 23 TONS WITH 25-42% PB. A LOCAL (UNVERIFIED) REPORT STATED THAT PLUMBOJAROSITE CONTAINED 0.02 OZ/TON PT (690 PPB) BUT KNOPF REPORTED NONE PRESENT.


Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Aurichalcite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Calamine
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Plumbojarosite
Ore: Jarosite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. LOCATION GIVEN BY HEWETT IS EAST OF LOCATION GIVEN HERE INFO FROM LAND.ST :49?

Comment (Production): ALL BUT 56 TONS CU ORE CAME FROM AZURITE, 56 TONS FROM SANDY. PB AND ZN ORE CAME FROM ROSELLA CLAIM. 2 CARLOADS REPORTEDLY SHIPPED BEFORE 1902; 1 CAR SHIPPED IN 1902

Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZED BRECCIA ZONE

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS COME FROM 4 CLAIMS ON THE PROPERTY. 260 FT TUNNEL, 50 FT INCLINED SHAFT, 390 FT TUNNEL, 50 FT TUNNEL, 40 FT INCLINED SHAFT

Comment (Geology): BITUMEN PROBABLY ONCE DESSIMATED THROUGHOUT LIMESTONE, THEN SEGREGATED NEAR THE VEINS. SOME ARSENIC WAS PROBABLY PRESENT IN ORIGINAL ORE. GRANODIORITE DIKES ARE NEARBY


References

Reference (Production): LONGWELL AND OTHERS, 1965.

Reference (Deposit): KNOPF, ADOLPH, 1915, A GOLD-PLATINUM-PALLADIUM LODE IN SOUTHERN NEVADA, IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 620, P. 12.

Reference (Deposit): LONGWELL, C.R., PAMPEYAN, E.H., BOWYER, BEN, AND ROBERTS, R.J., 1965, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 62, P. 102-108.

Reference (Deposit): HEWETT, D.F., 1931, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUADRANGLE, NEVADA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 162, P. 118-120.


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.