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Monte Cristo 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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037228
MRDS ID M031121
Record type Site
Current site name Monte Cristo Mine
Related records 10173531

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.45223, 35.76694 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position 4 MILES DUE S 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

Comments on the location information

  • WEST SIDE OF PORTER WASH

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) -115.45223, 35.76694
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Fredrickson Rift Zone (Nw Belt Of Shearing)
Type of structure Local
Structure description Deposit Located Between 2 Faults Striking N 35 W And Dipping 50 Ne. Ore Exposed Break N 40 W, 80 Sw Displaces The Beds.

Ore body information

  • Strike NS
    Dip 25 W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Limestone Permeability

Comments on the geologic information

  • CALAMINE REPLACES DOLOMITE AND CHERT AND IS ALSO DEPOSITED IN VUGS AND CRACKS. THE ORE IS NEARLY PURE SMITHSONITE AT ONE END, AND CALAMINE & HYDROZINCITE AT THE OTHER.

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 Monte Cristo Consolidated Mining Co.
    First year 1922

Comments on the workings information

  • ORE BODY IS J SHAPED, 280 FEET LONG, 40 FEET WIDE AND 8 - 20 FEET THICK.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEWETT, 1931 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD,; USGS PROF. PAPER 162 P. 156 - 158 .

  • 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. 193 .

  • 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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