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Lakeshore Mine

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037181
MRDS ID M031059
Record type Site
Current site name Lakeshore Mine
Alternate or previous names Utah Group
Related records 10124643, 10310511

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.1947, 36.13833 (WGS84)
Elevation 853
Relative position 15 MILES S OF GOLD BUTTE, 5 MILES FROM LAKE MEAD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jumbo Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Mead(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Vegas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Mead(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lake Mead National Recreation Area(National Recreation Area)

National Recreation Area NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
021S 070E 05 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Analytical data

Result SETTLEMENT ASSAY: AU 1.5525 OZ.
Result AG .775 OZ.
Result INSOL: 88.7 %
Result AS: .1 %
Result CAO: 1.5 %
Result S: .4 %
Result FE: 4.3 %

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.1947, 36.13833
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE OCCURS IN A QUARTZ VEIN 6 INCHES TO 6 FEET THICK, AVERAGING 2 FEET, DIPPING 8 DEG., FOLLOWING THE HANGING WALL SIDE OF A DIABASE DIKE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Gold Butte

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner O. W. Yates, A. W. Lawson, Fred Gibson

Comments on the production information

  • FROM 1934 - 1940 PRODUCTION ESTIMATED AT $90,000 TO $100,000 . 400 TONS OF ORE MILLED NEARBY AND 340 TONS SHIPPED TO UTAH.

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY AN OPEN CUT AND TWO INCLINED SHAFTS. SKETCH MAP AVAILABLE IN LONGWELL, ETAL, 1965 , P. 133 .

Comments on development

  • PRODUCTION FROM 1934 TO 1940 ESTIMATED AT $90,000 TO$100,000. ABOUT 400 T MILLED, 340 T SHIPPED TO UTAH. DEVELOPEDBY AN OPEN CUT, 2 INCLINED SHAFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO. NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 62 , P. 184 .

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W. O., 1937 , RECONNAISANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN CLARK CO., US BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 6964 , P. 34 - 35 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1983 Shonnard, Ann T. (Tingley, Joe V.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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