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Azurite Mine

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Silver, Platinum
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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. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Ownership information
  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 10111424
MRDS ID M031094
Record type Site
Current site name Azurite Mine
Alternate or previous names Rosella, Sandy, Gulch Claims
Related records 10246861

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.56112, 35.82611 (WGS84)
Elevation 1170
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 7 MI WEST OF GOODSPRINGS, Est Imated At Group Of 4 Adit Symbols Based On Description Of Workings

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
Mount Diablo 024S 057E 27 SE4 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. LOCATION GIVEN BY HEWETT IS EAST OF LOCATION GIVEN HERE INFO FROM LAND.ST :49?

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Aurichalcite Ore
Bornite Ore
Calamine Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Jarosite Ore
Malachite Ore
Plumbojarosite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result AG=0.6-3.35 OZ/TON (21-110 PPM), AU=0.01-0.06 OZ/TON (0.34-2.1 PPM) IN ORE CONTAINING 5-14.9 % CU. ROSELLA CLAIM TUNNEL YIELDED 43 TONS OF ORE WITH 30-33% ZN AND 23 TONS WITH 25-42% PB. A LOCAL (UNVERIFIED) REPORT STATED THAT PLUMBOJAROSITE CONTAINED 0.02 OZ/TON PT (690 PPB) BUT KNOPF REPORTED NONE PRESENT.

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 Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Anchor Limestone;Bullion Dolomite
    Rock description Anchor Limestone;Bullion Dolomite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.56112, 35.82611
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Large-Scale Overthrusts
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw Trending Breccia Zones. Considerable Folding

Ore body information

  • General form BRECCIA ZONE
    Strike NW
    Dip 15-20 SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia Zones; Ore Follows Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • BITUMEN PROBABLY ONCE DESSIMATED THROUGHOUT LIMESTONE, THEN SEGREGATED NEAR THE VEINS. SOME ARSENIC WAS PROBABLY PRESENT IN ORIGINAL ORE. GRANODIORITE DIKES ARE NEARBY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1899
Discoverer W.H. Smith And C.W. Cook

Mining district

District name Goodsprings District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Azurite Mining Co.
    First year 1911

Comments on the production information

  • ALL BUT 56 TONS CU ORE CAME FROM AZURITE, 56 TONS FROM SANDY. PB AND ZN ORE CAME FROM ROSELLA CLAIM. 2 CARLOADS REPORTEDLY SHIPPED BEFORE 1902; 1 CAR SHIPPED IN 1902

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 213.36M
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS COME FROM 4 CLAIMS ON THE PROPERTY. 260 FT TUNNEL, 50 FT INCLINED SHAFT, 390 FT TUNNEL, 50 FT TUNNEL, 40 FT INCLINED SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEWETT, D.F., 1931, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUADRANGLE, NEVADA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 162, P. 118-120.

  • Deposit

    LONGWELL, C.R., PAMPEYAN, E.H., BOWYER, BEN, AND ROBERTS, R.J., 1965, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 62, P. 102-108.

  • Deposit

    KNOPF, ADOLPH, 1915, A GOLD-PLATINUM-PALLADIUM LODE IN SOUTHERN NEVADA, IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 620, P. 12.

  • Production

    LONGWELL AND OTHERS, 1965.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZED BRECCIA ZONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-79 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-91 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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