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New Year Mine

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Silver, Gold
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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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037229
MRDS ID M031122
Record type Site
Current site name New Year Mine
Related records 10294847

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.45584, 35.71639 (WGS84)
Relative position 8 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

State Line Pass(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
026S 058E 03 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.45584, 35.71639
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Large Scale Thrust Faults, Anticlines & Synclines.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Crest Of A Minor Anticline Plunging Steeply Nw.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Permeability Of The Limestone.

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE FOUND IN DOLOMITIZED LIMESTONES AND ALSO IN WHOLLY UNDOLOMITIZED LIMESTONE, IN A BRECCIATED ZONE NEAR THE CREST OF AN ANTICLINE.

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

  • PRODUCTION SMALL, TOTALLED 72 CARLOADS OF ORE INCLUDING LOOKOUT AND MOUNTAIN TOP MINES. THE ZINC ORE CONTAINED 34 - 42 % ZN, 3 - 8 % PB, 3 - 6 OZ. AG/TON AND A TRACE OF GOLD.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS INCLUDE 2 SHAFTS, A SHORT TUNNEL AND SEVERAL IRREGULAR STOPES IN AN AREA 300 FEET IN DIAMETER. SHAFTS ARE NOW INACCESSIBLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEWETT, 1931 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGE QUAD., USGS PROF. PAPER 162 P. 163 .

  • 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. 193 .

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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