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Ironside Mine

Occurrence in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodity 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. 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 10037223
MRDS ID M031115
Record type Site
Current site name Ironside Mine
Related records 10149644

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.56167, 35.83139 (WGS84)
Relative position 7 MILES WEST 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
024S 057E 26 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • ON LOW RIDGES NORTH OF SHENANDOAH GULCH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.56167, 35.83139
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Beds Form East Side Of A Sharp Anticline That Ends Southward Against The Ironside Fault

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • LENSES OF FERRUGENOUS CHERT COATED WITH AZURITE AND MALACHITE LAYERS IN LENSES ARE LIMITED BY WALLS IN THE SHEAR ZONE BY 5 FEET FRACTURES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
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 33.53M
    Overall depth 41.15M

Comments on the workings information

  • EXPLORATIONS FOLLOW A SHEAR ZONE 5 FEET WIDE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Harner, Joy L. 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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