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Akron Claim

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodity Zinc
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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. 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 10037207
MRDS ID M031091
Record type Site
Current site name Akron Claim
Related records 10149731

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.51556, 35.81139 (WGS84)
Elevation 1158
Relative position 4 MILES SW OF GOODSPRINGS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shenandoah Peak(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 05 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 1000 FT. EAST OF BILL NYE MINE AND 500 FEET NORTH OF BILL NYE SHAFT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calamine Ore
Cuprodescloizite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.51556, 35.81139
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Beds Locally Folded And Crushed Along Nw Trending Fault.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault And Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • CUPRODESCLOIZITE IS CEMENTING THE DOLOMITE BRECCIA AT PROSPECT 500 FEET NORTH OF BILL NYE SHAFT.

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

Comments on the production information

  • NO RECORDED PRODUCTION, BUT 4 TO 5 CARLOADS OF ZINC ORE YIELD REPORTED; ALSO 7 TONS OF CUPRODESCLOIZITE ORE WITH 10 % VANADIC OXIDE SHIPPED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 28.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS INCLUDE 95 FOOT DEEP SHAFT WITH TWO LEVELS AT 60 AND 95 FEET; AT ANOTHER LOCATION 500 FEET N OF BILL NYE SHAFT THERE IS A 10 FOOT PROSPECT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEWETT, 1931 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD. USGS PROF. PAPER 162 P. 147 .

  • 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 .

  • Production

    HEWETT, 1931 .

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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