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Azure Ridge Mine

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Zinc, Copper, 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. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103562
MRDS ID M031054
Record type Site
Current site name Azure Ridge Mine
Alternate or previous names Bonelli Mine
Related records 10124300

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.08248, 36.31833 (WGS84)
Elevation 853
Relative position NORTHERN EDGE OF AZURE RIDGE, 2 MILES WEST OF NEV. - ARIZ. BOUNDARY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Azure Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Mead(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Vegas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Grand Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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
018S 071E 32,33 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Malachite Ore
Smithsonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.08248, 36.31833
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gold Butte Fault North Of Mine.
Type of structure Local
Structure description 2 Bedding Plane Faults Within The Mine Area.

Ore body information

  • General form LENS-SHAPED

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE IS IN IRREGULAR, LENS-SHAPED, REPLACEMENT BODIESIN LIGHT GRAY DOLOMITE OF LATE CAMBRIAN AGE WHICH LIES IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF THE GOLD BUTTE FAULT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Gold Butte

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John F. Perkins ( 1937 )

Comments on the production information

  • 1918 , 2 CARLOADS OF SORTED ZINC ORE, 1 CARLOAD OF SORTED COPPER ORE. ZINC ORE AVERAGED 40 % ZN, COPPER ORE AVERAGED 35 % CU, WITH SMALL VALUES IN GOLD AND SILVER.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 3 SHORT ADITS AND NUMEROUS SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS. SKETCH MAP OF MINE IN LONGWELL ETAL 1965 P. 130 .

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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. 124 - 131 , P. 183 .

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG

  • Production

    LONGWELL ETAL, 1965

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1983 Shonnard, Ann T. (Tingley, Joe V.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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