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Shenandoah Mine

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Copper, Molybdenum
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037021
MRDS ID M030071
Record type Site
Current site name Shenandoah Mine
Related records 10149582

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.55056, 35.82222 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position 6 MILES DUE WEST 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
024S 057E 26 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 16 MILES FROM GOODSPRINGS BY ROAD

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary
Molybdenum Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Hydrozincite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Wulfenite Ore
Aragonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.55056, 35.82222
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Large Scale Overthrusts

Ore body information

  • Strike N 40 W
    Dip 20 SW

Comments on the geologic information

  • WULFENITE MOST ABUNDANT HERE THAN ANY OTHER PLACE IN THE DISTRICT. DOLOMITE BRECCIA CUTS ACROSS CHERTY LIMESTONE OF THE MONTE CRISTO FORMATION.

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

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1936 , 20 TONS OF MOLYBDENUM WERE PRODUCED FROM 5,000 TONS OF WULFENITE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 38.1M
    Overall depth 9.14M
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 15.24M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEWETT, 1931 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD., USGS PROF. PAPER 162 , P. 140 - 141 .

  • Deposit

    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. 196 .

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING, 1962 B, MOLYBDENUM IN NEVADA, NEV. BUR. OF MINES, REPORT 2 .

  • Production

    LONGWELL, ETAL, 1965

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1972 Theodore, Ted G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-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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