Searchlight District

The Searchlight District is a vanadium, copper, zinc, and lead mine located in Clark county, Nevada.

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: Searchlight District  

State:  Nevada

County:  Clark

Elevation:

Commodity: Vanadium, Copper, Zinc, Lead

Lat, Long: 35.45, -114.93330

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Searchlight District MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Searchlight District


Commodity

Primary: Vanadium
Primary: Copper
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead


Location

State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: SEARCHLIGHT DISTRICT


Land Status

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Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

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Deposit

Record Type: District
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: VANADATE
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:


Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

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References

Reference (Deposit): FISCHER, R. P., VANADIUM FILES


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.