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Christmas Group

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Copper
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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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037210
MRDS ID M031098
Record type Site
Current site name Christmas Group
Alternate or previous names Mountain Queen, Silver Gem, Eureka.
Related records 10221431

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.45862, 35.72417 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position 7 1/2 MILES SOUTH OF GOODSPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

State Line Pass(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
026S 058E 03 NE Nevada

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Calamine Ore
Cuprodescloizite Ore
Galena Ore
Hydrozincite Ore
Vanadinite Ore

Analytical data

Result ANALYSIS OF LIMESTONE AND DOLOMITE OF THE BIRD SPRING FM AVAILABLE ON PAGE 61.

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) -115.45862, 35.72417
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Large Scale Thrust Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description Beds Are Along The Ne Limb Of A Minor Anticline. The Sultan Fault Is 1000 Ft. To The West, Several Post Mineral Nw Trending Faults, And There Are Inconspiceous Fractures Near The Workings Trending Ne.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia Zone Permeability.

Comments on the geologic information

  • BRECCIA ZONES FOLLOW AND CUT ACROSS THE BEDDING PLANES, AND ARE COMPLETELY DOLOMITIZED GALENA FOUND EMBEDDED IN THE HYDROZINCITE, AND IN LENSES IN THE BRECCIA. MOST WEATHERED TO ANGLESITE RATIO OF AG TO PB IS UNCOMMONLY HIGH - 1 OZ. AG TO 1 % PB.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1913

Mining district

District name Goodsprings

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. Doran (1922 )

Comments on the production information

  • FIGURES ARE FOR CHRISTMAS, SILVERGEM AND EUREKA MINES COMBINED.

Comments on the workings information

  • CHRISTMAS GROUP WORKINGS INCLUDE 3 TUNNELS WHOSE AGGREGATE LENGTH IS ABOUT 1000 FEET EXPLORING 2 ORE SHOOTS. THE SILVER GEM CLAIM CONTAINS 5 TUNNELS WITH AGGREGATE LENGTH OF 1400 FEET.

Comments on development

  • MOST WORK WAS DONE 1915-1917

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • 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. 188 .

  • Production

    LONGWELL ETAL 1965

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey

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