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Tiffin Mine

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, 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. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046996
MRDS ID M242233
Record type Site
Current site name Tiffin Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.52667, 35.77778 (WGS84)
Elevation 1073
Relative position 500 FT W OF SINGER CLAIMS . 7 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
Mount Diablo 025S 058E 18 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Hydrozincite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Monte Cristo (Strike Ne, Dip 35-50se), (Bullion Member);Bird Springs (Ne, 35-50se)
    Rock description Monte Cristo (Strike Ne, Dip 35-50se), (Bullion Member);Bird Springs (Ne, 35-50se)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.52667, 35.77778
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thrust Fault, Normal Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description Beds Are Much Disturbed, Locally Strike Ne And Dip 35-50 Se.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • ANOMOLOUS RADIOACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH LIMONITE, CU OXIDES, AND HYDROZINCITE. BACKGROUND = 10-20 CPS, HIGH = 400-500 CPS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1905
Discoverer C.A. Beck

Mining district

District name Goodsprings District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Beck, C. A.
    First year 1931

Production statistics

  • Year 1912
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^3 Oz Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 85g/mt
  • Year 1915
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^ 8.040 Lb. Pb.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Lead Lead 0mt
  • Year 1916
    Material CONCENTRA
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^12 Oz Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Conc. Silver Silver 338.8g
  • Year 1916
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^ 2,520 Lb Pb.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Lead Lead 1.13mt
  • Year 1917
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^500 Oz Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 14120g
  • Year 1920
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^ 24,000 Lb Pb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Lead Lead 10.84mt
  • Year 1924
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^ 20,400 Lb Zn.
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Zinc Zinc 9.21mt
  • Year 1926
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^120 Oz Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 54210g

Comments on the production information

  • PROD. FROM 1917 INCLUDED ORE FROM EUREKA MINE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 121.92M
    Overall depth 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • 400 FT DRIFTS, 4 SHAFTS AND WINZES, ORE CAME 4 SMALL SHOOTS, 3 LIE ON A FAULT OR SPURS FROM IT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LONGWELL, C.R., 1965, GEOL. AND MIN. OF CLARK CO., NEV., NBMG, BULL 62, PG. 198.

  • Deposit

    HEWITT, D.F., 1931, GEOL. AND MIN. DEP. OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD., NEV., USGS, PP 162, P. 153.

  • Deposit

    GARSIDE, L.J., 1973, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURENCES OF NEV., NBMG, BULL 81., P. 33.

  • Production

    HEWITT, 1931, USGS, PP 162, PG. UK3

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IS DIRECTLY ASSOCIATED WITH THRUST AND NORMAL FAULTS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1983 Lyles, B.F. (Tingley, J.V.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-MAR-1985 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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