Fitzhugh Lee Mine

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103568
MRDS ID M031107
Record type Site
Current site name Fitzhugh Lee Mine
Related records 10294655

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.53973, 35.8175 (WGS84)
Elevation 1158
Relative position 7 MILES 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 36 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.53973, 35.8175

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Large Scale Overthrusting
Type of structure Local
Structure description Synclinal Axis Of The Region Lies Several Hundred Feet South

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • SHEAR ZONE WITH LENSES OF FERRUGINOUS CHERT WITH SPORADIC MALACHITE & CHRYSOCOLLA

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 workings information

  • WORKINGS INCLUDE A TUNNEL 50 FEET LONG ALONG THE SHEAR ZONE & SEVERAL TRENCHES AND ANOTHER SHORT TUNNEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEWETT, 1931 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD, USGS PROF. PAPER 162 P. 120

  • Production

    HEWETT, 1931

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Harner, Joy L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Nevada resources

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