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Hoodoo Mine

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Silver, Vanadium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008118
MRDS ID D000037
Record type Site
Current site name Hoodoo Mine
Related records 10173922

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.55112, 35.79194 (WGS84)
Elevation 878
Relative position 7 MILES SW OF GOODSPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shenandoah Peak(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
025S 057E 11 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calamine Ore
Descloizite Ore
Galena Ore
Hydrozincite Ore

Analytical data

Result V2O5 15 % OF THE CONCENTRATES

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) Carbonate Shelf Sequence - Limestone
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Large Scale Overthrusts
Type of structure Local
Structure description Dolomite Block Is A Closely Folded Syncline Thrusted Over Bird Spring Fm. Beds Below.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • PB & ZN FOUND ALONG SHEAR ZONES, ONE IRON STAINED SHEAR ZONE HAD DESCLOIZITE, MOST PB ENCOUNTERED WAS FREE FROM ZN. DOLOMITE BRECCIA FRAGMENTS VERY NONCOHERENT AND DRIFTS MADE BY PICK ONLY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Goodsprings

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Frank Williams ( 1922 )

Production statistics

  • Year 1941
    Period 1911 - 1941
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Zinc Zinc 8wt-pct
  • Year 1941
    Period 1911 - 1941
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Lead Lead 36wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 106.68M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEWETT, 1931 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD., NEV. USGS PROF. PAPER 162 , P. 151 - 152 .

  • Deposit

    LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO.: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 62 , P. 186 .

  • Production

    HEWETT, 1931

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-AUG-1973 Fischer, Richard P. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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