| Deposit ID | 10246274 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M031132 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0320030157 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Sultan Mine |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -115.50024, 35.7522 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1170 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Clark |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 025 S | 058 E | 20 | E2SWSE | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Unknown |
| Calamine | Unknown |
| Cerussite | Unknown |
| Galena | Unknown |
| Smithsonite | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -115.50024, 35.7522 |
|---|
| Length | 4.6M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Width | 0.3M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 46M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1910 |
| Year of first production | 1910 |
| District name | Goodsprings District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | M. B. Robbins |
| Home office | California |
| Year | 1952 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | L. F. Jacobson |
| Home office | Nevada |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0320030157 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M031132 | MAS references MRDS |
GARSIDE, L.J., RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURENCES IN NEVADA,
1973, NEV. BU MINES BULL. 81, PP. 33.
LONGWELL, C.R., ET AL, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK
CO., NEV., 1965,, NEV. BU MINES BULL. 62, P. 197.
ALBRITTON, C.C. JR., ET AL, GEOLOGICAL CONTROLS OF PB AND ZN
DEPOSITS, GOODSPRINGS DISTRICT, NEV., 1954, USGS BULL.
1010, P. 70-81, PL. 20,21.
GEEHAN, R.W., SULTAN ZINC-LEAD MINE, CLARK CO., NEV., 1947,
US BU MINES R.I. 4119.
HEWETT, D.F., GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GOODSPRINGS
QUAD., NEV., USGS PROF. PAPER 162.
HEWETT, D.F., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE IVANPAH
QUAD., CA. AND NEV., UUSGS PROF. PAPER 275.
GAGE, H.L., THE LEAD-ZINC MINES OF NEVADA, 1941, BONNEVILLE
POWER ADMIN., CONFIDENTIAL REPORT, P. 38-41.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE PIPE-LIKE ORE BODIES ARE ACTUALLY A NUMBER OF SMALLER LENS-SHAPED ORE BODIES DISTRIBUTED IS A PIPE-LIKE SHAPE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 17-FEB-93 | Ridenour, James | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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