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Fortuna Mine

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver
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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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037331
MRDS ID M032008
Record type Site
Current site name Fortuna Mine
Related records 10149272

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.60334, 38.11163 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 MILE NW OF JACKRABBIT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bristol Range SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wilson Creek Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Meadow Valley Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 03N 66E 19,20,PROJECTED,FROM,EAST Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • AREA UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calamine Ore
Copper Ore
Galena Ore
Hydrozincite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.60334, 38.11163
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Highland Thrust Plate

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 75 W
    Dip 40W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault, Fracture

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE VEIN IS MARKED BY A WELL DEFINED FOOTWALL THAT IS POLISHED AND SCORED WITH GROOVES. ABOVE THE FOOTWALL THE DOLOMITE IS A CRUSHED BRECCIA WITH LEAN MINERALIZATION. ORE ON THE DUMP CONTAINED THE HYDROZINCITE AND CALAMINE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bristol-Jackrabbit District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT DIPPING 58W, 40 FT LONG WITH A DRIFT AT THE BOTTOM.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TSCHANZ, C.M., AND PAMPEYAN, E.H., 1970, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN CO. NEVADA. NEVADA BUR. OF MINES, BULL 73 P.

  • Deposit

    WESTGATE, L.G. AND KNOPF, A., 1932, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PIOCHE DISTRICT, NEVADA. USGS PROF. PAPER 171 P.

  • Deposit

    HILL, J.M., 1916, NOTES ON SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN EASTERN NEVADA USGS BULL 648 P.

  • Deposit

    COUCH, B.F., CARPENTER, J.A., 1943, NEVADA'S METAL AND MINERAL PRODUCTION (1859-1940, INCLUSIVE) UNIV. OF NEVADA BULL 38, P. 85-89

  • Deposit

    NBMG MINING DISTRICT FILE 171, MAPS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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