| Deposit ID | 10008116 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D000029 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Prairie Flower Mine |
| Related records | 10246239 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -115.48917, 35.85528 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1366 |
| Relative position | 4 MILES NW OF GOODSPRINGS |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Clark(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Goodsprings(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Mesquite Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Ivanpah-Pahrump Valleys(hydrologic unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)
Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Clark |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 024S | 058E | 17 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Calamine | Ore |
| Descloizite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Mimetite | Ore |
| Model code | 72 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 19a |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic replacement |
| Mark3 model number | 47 |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite |
| Rock unit name | Yellow Pine Limestone |
| Rock description | Yellow Pine Limestone |
| (1) | Felsic phaneritic intrusive rocks |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Major Faults In District Make A Reticulate Pattern |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | On The Nw Limb Of The Porphyry Gulch Anticline Broken By Many Faults |
| Strike | N 30 E |
|---|---|
| Dip | 45 NW |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Goodsprings |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Yellow Pine Mining Co. |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 426.72M |
| Overall depth | 121.92M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D000029 |
HEWETT, 1931 , GEOLOGY & ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD., USGS PROF. PAPER 162 , P. 127 - 129 .
LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO. NEV. BUR. OF MINES, BULL. 62 , P. 186 .
LONGWELL, PAMPEYAN, BOWYER, ROBERTS, 1965
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | LATEST PRODUCTION 1952 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1973 | Fischer, Richard P. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-MAR-1979 | Harner, Joy L. | U.S. Geological Survey | PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD |
| Editor | 27-APR-1995 | Mosier, Dan | U.S. Geological Survey |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
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