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Ireland Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037222
MRDS ID M031114
Record type Site
Current site name Ireland Mine
Related records 10221710

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.41806, 35.76194 (WGS84)
Elevation 1036
Relative position 5 MILES 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 13 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON LOWHILL N OF MOUTH OF PORTER WASH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.41806, 35.76194
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Large Scale Overthrusts
Type of structure Local
Structure description Irregular Fractures

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Permeability Of Dolomite

Comments on the geologic information

  • MOST OF ORE FOUND IN THIN BEDDED DARK GRAY DOLOMITE OVERLYING MICCICEOUS SHALE, IN LENSES THAT ARE LIMITED BY IRREGULAR FRACTURES.

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

  • SEVERAL CARLOADS OF COPPER BEARING LEAD ORE HAVE BEEN SHIPPED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 152.4M
    Overall depth 38.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • EIGHT SHAFTS AND SHALLOW PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEWETT, 1931 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD; USGS PROF. PAPER 162 P. 156 .

  • 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 , P. 189 .

  • 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.

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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