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Ingomar and Milford No. 2 Mines

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Silver, Copper
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037221
MRDS ID M031113
Record type Site
Current site name Ingomar and Milford No. 2 Mines
Related records 10246230

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.48862, 35.70611 (WGS84)
Relative position 18 MILES BY ROAD 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

State Line Pass(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
026S 058E 05 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Hydrozincite Ore
Lead Ore
Smithsonite Ore

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 > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.48862, 35.70611
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description The Ridge That The Mine Is On Forms Part Of A Block That Has Been Thrust Forward And Upward 1000 Feet Along The Milford Thrust. Two Minor Thrusts Overlie This Thrust.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciation Along Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ORE BODIES ARE ALONG FAULTS IN THE DOLOMITIZED LIMESTONE. HIGH RADIOACTIVITY NOTED FROM HYDROZINCITE ASSOCIATED WITH THE LIMONITE.

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEWETT, 1931 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD, USGS PROF. PAPER 162 .

  • Deposit

    LONGWELL, C. R., 1965

  • Production

    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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