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Doubleup Mine

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Gold
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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 10037217
MRDS ID M031106
Record type Site
Current site name Doubleup Mine
Related records 10246642

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.48695, 35.94443 (WGS84)
Elevation 2219
Relative position 8 MILES NW OF GOODSPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cottonwood 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

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
023S 058E 17,16 Nevada

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore

Analytical data

Result LATEST SHIPMENT ( 1918 ) 18.2% CU, 11.5% FE, .95 OZ AG/TON OUT OF 10 TONS

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.48695, 35.94443
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Large Scale Overthrusts
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault N 30 E, 30 Nw W/100 Ft. Offset Very Near The Mine Broad Fracture Zone N 70 E, 30 - 40 Se.

Ore body information

  • Strike N 57 W
    Dip 30 SW

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZ LENSES SURROUNDED BY LIMONITE AND COPPER CARBONATE MINERALS. ORE COMPOSED OF OUTER SHELL OF THE COPPER MINERALS.

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 213.36M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEWETT, 1931 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD, USGS PROF. PAPER 162 P. 109 .

  • 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

  • Production

    HEWETT, 1931

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 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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Authoritative Nevada resources

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