Shenandoah Mine

The Shenandoah Mine is a lead mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,364 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

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Site Name

Primary: Shenandoah Mine

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Molybdenum
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: Sheahan And Houssels
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1940

Owner Name: J. A. Fredrickson
Home Office: Nevada
Info Year: 1940

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1908
Discovery Year: 1883
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

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Wulfenite
Unknown: Smithsonite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Cerussite
Unknown: Anglesite

Comments

Comment (Geology): HYDROZINCITE IS ANOTHER MAIN ZINC MINERAL. THERE IS SOME RADIOACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH LIMONITE.

Comment (Geology): WULFENITE WAS FOUND IN ONE INSTANCE IN A LENS OR BLOCK 130 FT. LONG, 160 FT. HIGH, AND 10-30 FT. WIDE. THE DOLOMITE BRECCIA ZONE IS LENS-SHAPED, AS ARE THE ORE BODIES WITHIN THE BRECCIA.

References

Reference (Deposit): CO., NEV., 1965, NEV. BU MINES 62, P. 196.

Reference (Deposit): LONGWELL, C.R., ET AL, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK

Reference (Deposit): NEV., 1962, BU MINES RPT, 2, PP. 5.

Reference (Deposit): POWER ADMIN., CONFIDENTIAL REPORT.

Reference (Deposit): P.48.ING, J.H., AN INVENTORY OF MOLYBDENUM OCCURRENCES IN

Reference (Deposit): GAGE, H.L., THE LEAD-ZINC MINES OF NEVADA, 1941, BONNEVILLE

Reference (Deposit): NEV., BU MINES BULL. 81, P. 31.

Reference (Deposit): GARSIDE, L.J., RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN NEV., 1973

Reference (Deposit): QUAD., CAL. AND NEV., 1956, USGS PROF. PAPER 275, P. 144.

Reference (Deposit): HEWETT, D.F., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE IVANPAH

Reference (Deposit): QUAD., NEV., 1931, USGS PROF. PAPER 162, P. 140-141.

Reference (Deposit): HEWETT, D.F., GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GOODSPRINGS

Reference (Deposit): CLARK CO., NEV., 1937, US BU MINES R.I. 6964, PP. 48.

Reference (Deposit): VANDERBURG, W.D., RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN

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.