Smithsonite Mine

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Copper, Molybdenum
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  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 10103545
MRDS ID M030072
Record type Site
Current site name Smithsonite Mine
Alternate or previous names Polly Pry Claim, Crown Claim
Related records 10173705

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.54501, 35.82444 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Relative position 6 MILES DUE 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 25 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 1000 FT. NW OF THE SHENANDOAH MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Aurichalcite Ore
Calamine Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Wulfenite Ore
Limonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.54501, 35.82444

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Large Scale Overthrusts

Ore body information

  • Strike N 40 W
    Dip 10 SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Permeable Dolomite Strata

Comments on the geologic information

  • LIMONITE MORE ABUNDANT HERE THAN IN MOST OTHER PB - ZN MINES IN THE DISTRICT.

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 64.01M
    Overall depth 16.76M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEWETT, 1931 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD., USGS PROF. PAPER 162 , P. 141 .

  • Deposit

    LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES BULL. 62 , P. 196 .

  • Deposit

    SCHILLING, 1962 B, MOLYBDENUM IN NEVADA, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT 2 .

  • Production

    HEWETT, 1931

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1978 Theodore, Ted G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 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.

External references

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.