The Sultan Mine is a zinc mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 3,839 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,839 Feet (1,170 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc
Lat, Long: 35.7522, -115.49940
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Sultan Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sultan Mine
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Goodsprings District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: L. F. Jacobson
Home Office: Nevada
Owner Name: M. B. Robbins
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1952
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1910
Discovery Year: 1910
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Smithsonite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Cerussite
Unknown: Calamine
Unknown: Anglesite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE PIPE-LIKE ORE BODIES ARE ACTUALLY A NUMBER OF SMALLER LENS-SHAPED ORE BODIES DISTRIBUTED IS A PIPE-LIKE SHAPE.
Comment (Geology): HYDROZINCITE IS THE MAIN ZINC MINERAL, AND THE DOMINANT MINERAL FOUND IN THE MINE.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): GRADE OF ORE APPARENTLY INCREASES WITH DEPTH.
References
Reference (Deposit): POWER ADMIN., CONFIDENTIAL REPORT, P. 38-41.
Reference (Deposit): GAGE, H.L., THE LEAD-ZINC MINES OF NEVADA, 1941, BONNEVILLE
Reference (Deposit): QUAD., CA. AND NEV., UUSGS PROF. PAPER 275.
Reference (Deposit): HEWETT, D.F., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE IVANPAH
Reference (Deposit): QUAD., NEV., USGS PROF. PAPER 162.
Reference (Deposit): HEWETT, D.F., GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GOODSPRINGS
Reference (Deposit): US BU MINES R.I. 4119.
Reference (Deposit): GEEHAN, R.W., SULTAN ZINC-LEAD MINE, CLARK CO., NEV., 1947,
Reference (Deposit): 1010, P. 70-81, PL. 20,21.
Reference (Deposit): DEPOSITS, GOODSPRINGS DISTRICT, NEV., 1954, USGS BULL.
Reference (Deposit): ALBRITTON, C.C. JR., ET AL, GEOLOGICAL CONTROLS OF PB AND ZN
Reference (Deposit): CO., NEV., 1965,, NEV. BU MINES BULL. 62, P. 197.
Reference (Deposit): LONGWELL, C.R., ET AL, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK
Reference (Geology): 1973, NEV. BU MINES BULL. 81, PP. 33.
Reference (Geology): GARSIDE, L.J., RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURENCES IN NEVADA,
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.
