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Speeter Mine

Occurrence in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Vanadium
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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. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037236
MRDS ID M031130
Record type Site
Current site name Speeter Mine
Related records 10269921

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.56223, 35.79167 (WGS84)
Elevation 853
Relative position 7 1/2 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 057E 11 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 1/2 MILE WEST OF HOODOO MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cuprodescloizite Ore
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.56223, 35.79167
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Large Scale Overthrusts
Type of structure Local
Structure description Thrust Fault Limiting The Shear Zone On The East.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • SHOOT OF CUPRODESCLOIZITE AND GALENA IN THE SHEAR ZONE IS 4 - 6 FEET WIDE, CONTAINING 2 % VANADIC SHEAR ZONE IS PARALLEL TO THE BULLION OXIDE MEMBER BEDS.

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Rex Ewing
    First year 1922

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS INCLUDE 3 TUNNELS, WITH PB ORE FOUND IN UPPER TWO. THE MIDDLE TUNNEL EXPLORES THE SHEAR ZONE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEWETT, 1931 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD., USGS PROF. PAPER 162 P. 151 .

  • 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. 197 .

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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