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Root Mine

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Silver, Copper, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  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 10037233
MRDS ID M031126
Record type Site
Current site name Root Mine
Alternate or previous names Bonanza Hill
Related records 10174144

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.54473, 35.77806 (WGS84)
Elevation 1036
Relative position 8 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
025S 057E 13 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH SLOPE OF BONANZA HILL.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Hydrozincite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 72
USGS model code 19a
Deposit model name Polymetallic replacement
Mark3 model number 47

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.54473, 35.77806
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Se Limb Of Anticline Trending Ne; Numerous Joints And Shear Zones, Fault With 100 - 200 Ft. Of Displacement.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Permeability Due To Faulting & Jointing In And Along Flexures And Impermeable Barriers

Comments on the geologic information

  • GALENA OCCURS AS RESIDUAL PODS IN MASSES OF CERUSSITE. CALAMINE IS LARGELY ON FRACTURES THAT CUT THE HYDROZINCITE.

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 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • THERE ARE 3 PRODUCTION AREAS; THE PB BEARING AREA IS 150 BY 500 FEET WITH SEVERAL TUNNELS AND PITS 2000 FEET SW OF THE CAMP; A MAINLY ZN BEARING TUNNEL WHICH IS THE LONGEST 2000 FEET S OF CAMP; AND A TUNNEL ON THE EAST END WHICH ENCOUNTERS THE LARGEST BODY OF ZN ORE ON BONANZA HILL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEWETT, 1931 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD., USGS PROF. PAPER 162 P. 152 .

  • 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. 195 .

  • Deposit

    ALBRITTON AND OTHERS, 1954 .

  • 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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