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Searchlight M & M

Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10109507
MRDS ID M031011
Record type Site
Current site name Searchlight M & M
Alternate or previous names Peerless
Related records 10149820

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.93388, 35.48862 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.5 MILES FROM SEARCHLIGHT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Searchlight(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Davis Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Piute Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
028S 063E 27,22 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.93388, 35.48862
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 75 W
    Dip 70 S

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures Caused By Intrusion Of Quartz Monzonite Porphyry

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Searchlight

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL RECORDED PRODUCTION, FROM 1905 - 1941 , ORE IS LOW GRADE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 86.26M

Comments on the workings information

  • MOST WORKINGS INACCESSIBLE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, E., 1939 , GEOLOGY OF THE SEARCHLIGHT DISTRICT, CLARK CO. USGS BULL. 906 - D P. 176

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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