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Fredrickson Mine

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Gold, Silver, Copper, Vanadium, Mercury
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  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. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098675
MRDS ID M242239
Record type Site
Current site name Fredrickson Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.4789, 35.82 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position 2 MILES W 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 024S 058E 33 NW4 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Vanadium Critical Secondary
Mercury Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CINNABAR AT BOTTOM OF SHAFT. CALAMINE NAME MENTIONED IN HEWETT, BUT NOW IS A DISCREDITED TERM FOR THE ORE MINERAL HEMIMORPHITE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore
Cinnabar Ore
Descloizite Ore
Galena Ore
Hydrozincite Ore
Vanadinite Ore
Barite Gangue
Wulfenite Gangue
Cuprodescloizite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Limestone Dolomitized & Brecciated In And Near Fredrickson Fault

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 > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Yellowpine Limestone;Sandstone At Base Of Birdspring Formation
    Rock description Yellowpine Limestone;Sandstone At Base Of Birdspring Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.4789, 35.82
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fredrickson Fault-Dip Slip-Approx. 1000 Ft To East

Comments on the geologic information

  • CINNIBAR ASSOCIATED WITH GALENA-FOUND AS COATINGS ON GALENA

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1897
Discoverer Jesse Jones

Mining district

District name Goodsprings District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Goodsprings Dividend Mining Co.
    First year 1917

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL AMOUNT V2O5 ALSO PRODUCED

Comments on the workings information

  • EXTENSIVE WORKINGS WITH MANY STOPES. STOPES CAN BE DIVIDED INTO 3 TYPES. STOPES ABOVE SECOND LEVEL YIELDED LEAD BEARING HYDROZINCITE. STOPES ABOVE 3RD LEVEL YIELDED SILVER. STOPES ABOVE 4TH LEVEL YIELDED LEAD, WITH VANADIUM AND CINNIBAR.

Comments on development

  • SINCE 1917, PROPERTY HAS BEEN LEASED SEVERAL TIMES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEWETT, D.F., 1931, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD: USGS P.P.162, P.147-148.

  • Deposit

    LONGWELL, C.R., ET. AL, 1965, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK, CO., NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 62, P.190.

  • Deposit

    ALBRITTEN, C. C., JR. ET AL., 1954, USGS BULL 1010.

  • Deposit

    BAILEY & PHOENIX, 1944, QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN NEVADA: NBMG BULL, 41.

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS & MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: NEVADA NEWSLETTER PUBLISHING CO., RENO, NEVADA.

  • Production

    LONGWELL, ET. AL; 1965, P.190

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CINNABAR UNCOMMON
Deposit THIS RECORD IS AN UPDATED VERSION AND INCLUDES INFORMATION FROM M055449 WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1975 Gassaway, Judith S. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-JAN-1984 Hefner, M.L. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1991 Moyer, Lorre A. (Marcus, S.M.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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