Sultan Mine

The Sultan Mine is a zinc mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 3,839 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

Name: Sultan Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Clark

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

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.