Accident Mine

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold
Sections on this page
  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 10037206
MRDS ID M031089
Record type Site
Current site name Accident Mine
Related records 10270000

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.4439, 35.76 (WGS84)
Elevation 1311
Relative position 5 MILES DUE 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

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)

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
025S 058E 23 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.4439, 35.76

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Fredrickson Rift Belt (Nw Belt Of Pronounced Shearing)
Type of structure Local
Structure description Several Faults Exposed In The Workings; 75 Feet East Of The Mouth Of The Main Tunnel Is A Fault Breccia Striking N 17 W And Dipping 65 W, Separating Bullion Dolomite From Bird Spring Fm. Base. This Fault Is Cut Off On The N By Another Eastward Dipping Fault.

Ore body information

  • Strike NS
    Dip 12 W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia Zone Permeability

Comments on the geologic information

  • 75 FT. EAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MAIN ACCIDENT TUNNEL IS A FAULT BRECCIA SEPARATING BULLION DOLOMITE FROM BIRD SPRING FM. BASE. ORE OCCURS ALONG BRECCIA ZONE PARALLEL TO THE BEDDING, 1 - 3 FEET THICK WITH SPERADIC GALENA CRYSTALS.

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 60.96M
    Overall depth 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • THERE ARE 2 MAIN STOPES EXPLORED BY A TUNNEL, ONE ON EACH SIDE OF A FAULT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEWETT, 1931 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD., USGS PROF. PAPER 162 P. 158 .

  • Deposit

    LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY & MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO. NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 62 P. 186 .

  • Deposit

    ALBRITTON & OTHERS, 1954 , GEOLOGY CONTROLS OF LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS IN GOODSPRINGS DISTRICT, NEV. USGS BULL. 1010 P. 97 - 100 .

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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