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Houghton Mine

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodity Zinc
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037220
MRDS ID M031112
Record type Site
Current site name Houghton Mine
Alternate or previous names Victory Mine
Related records 10173720

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.44084, 35.77167 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position 4 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

Goodsprings(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 058E 14 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calamine Ore
Hydrozincite Ore
Smithsonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.44084, 35.77167
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description North Westerly Belt Of Shearing (Fredrickson Rift Zone)
Type of structure Local
Structure description Verticle & Near Verticle Fractures Cross Workings Trending Nw To Ne

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 25 SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Permeability Of Limestone

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE MINERALS IN VUGS IN THE DOLOMITE

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 T. B. Keeler, P. S. Mcclanahan, M. T. Schwartz

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED 200 TONS AVERAGING 19 - 23% ZINC

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 10.67M
    Overall length 38.1M
    Overall width 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • ORE MINED FROM OPEN CUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALBRITTON AND OTHERS, 1954 , GEOLOGIC CONTROLS OF PB AND ZN DEPOSITS IN GOODSPRINGS DISTRICT,; USGS BULL 1010 P. 103 - 105 .

  • Deposit

    LONGWELL, ETAL, 1965

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.

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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