The Acme Group is a lead, silver, and zinc mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,499 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,499 Feet (1,676 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver, Zinc
Lat, Long: 38.49472, -118.37778
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Acme Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Acme Group
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Zinc
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Garfield 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: Louis J. Lundgren And Harold E. Swanson
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PIPE
Structure
Type: L
Description: Anti-Clinical Flexure
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1.9-14.8% ZN
Analytical Data: TR-13.8% PB
Analytical Data: SAMPLES: 0.98-14.84 OZ. AG
Materials
Ore: Lead
Ore: Wulfenite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): ESTIMATED LOCATION; 4 MI. NW OF MABEL MINE
Comment (Development): PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 4 CLAIMS HELD BY RELOCATION.
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION OCCURS ALONG AN EAST-TRENDING CALCITE VEIN WHERE CROSS FAULTS INTERSECT THIS VEIN. SMALL AMOUNTS OF ARGENTIFEROUS GALENA ARE SCATTERED ALONG VEIN, BUT POTENTIAL ORE DEPOSITS ARE CONFINED IN CRUSHED AREAS OR PIPES AT INTERSECTION OF FAULTS WITH VEIN. MINERALS EXPOSED HERE ARE COMPLETELY OXIDIZED, SHOWING PB-CARBONATE, ZN-SILICATES, WULFENITE, AND HEMATITE STAINING ON WALLS.
Comment (Geology): THE MINERALIZED AREA SEEMS TO PARALLEL THE AXIS OF AN ANTICLINICAL FLEXURE IN LIMESTINE. FLANKING THE LIMESTONE BLOCK ON THE NORTH AND IN FAULT CONTACT WITH THE LIMESTONE IS A DIORITE FORMATION. NORTH AND EAST OF THE PROPERTY THE BASEMENT ROCKS ARE COVERED BY ANDESITIC TUFFS AND FLOW ROCKS. ON THE SOUTH ALLUVIUM OBSCURES THE UNDERLYING FORMATIONS. THE ANDESITIC TUFFS AND FLOWS ARE OF TERTIARY AGE.
Comment (Deposit): FORMER OPERATORS APPARENTLY RECOVERED SOME ORE FROM THE OLDEST SHAFT (KNOWN AS NO. 3 SHAFT). LUNDGREN AND SWANSON AS OF EARLY 1947 DID NOT SHIP ORE FROM PROPERTY, BUT HAD ABOUT 10 TONS OF MEDIUM GRADE OXIDIZED PB-AG ORE SEGREGATED ON THE DUMP OF NO. 2 SHAFT. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): OVERTON, T. D., JANUARY 1947, UNPUBLISHED COMMUNICATION TO J. A. CARPENTER OF NBMG ON ACME GROUP
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.
