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Lakeshore Mine

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10310511
MRDS ID M031059
Record type Site
Current site name Lakeshore Mine
Alternate or previous names Utah Group
Related records 10037181, 10124643

Comments on the site identification

  • This records encompasses the area covered by earlier MRDS record M031059 and includes all material from that record.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.1947, 36.13833 (WGS84)
Elevation 853
Relative position The property is located about 15 miles south of Gold Butte and is 5 miles from Lake Mead.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jumbo Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Mead(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Las Vegas(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Mead(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado-Lake Mead(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lake Mead National Recreation Area(National Recreation Area)

National Recreation Area NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 021S 070E 05 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Ore Materials: gold
  • Gangue Materials: quartz

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Precambrian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Rock type qualifier dike

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.1947, 36.13833
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form tabular

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1934
Year of first production 1934
Year of last production 1940
Production years 1934-1940

Mining district

District name Gold Butte

Land status

Ownership category Private
Area name Lake Mead National Recreation Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lakeshore Mining Co., O. W. Yates, A. W. Lawson, and Fred Gibson
    Year 1940
  • Type Operator
    Owner Lakeshore Mining Co.
    Year 1940

Comments on the workings information

  • The mine is developed by old underground workings including two inclined shafts, and an open pit.

Comments on other economic factors

  • Production from 1934 to 1940 was estimated at $90,000 to$100,000. About 400 tons of ore were milled, and about 340 tons of ore were shipped to Utah for smelting.
    In 1938 there was a reported resource of 110,000 tons with assay value of 0.16 ounces of gold per ton, plus another 117,000 tons, with estimated grade of 0.15 ounces of gold per ton. 1940 reserves were reported as 240,000 tons of ore. The post-1940 reserve was reported as 100,000 tons grading 0.13 unces of gold per ton.

Comments on development

  • Production from 1934 to 1940 was estimated at $90,000 to$100,000. About 400 tons of ore were milled, and about 340 tons of ore were shipped to Utah for smelting. The property was idle in 1942, possibly mined out.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit The deposit is a vein deposit. Ore occurs in a quartz vein 6 inches to 6 feet thick, averaging 2 feet, dipping 8 degrees, following the hanging wall side of a diabase dike.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 HARNER, JOY L. (ROBERTS, RALPH) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1983 SHONNARD, ANN (TINGLEY, J.) Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-JUN-2003 LaPointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Editor 01-SEP-2007 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey Converted from S&A FileMaker format to Oracle. Edit checks on rocks, units, and ages with Geolex search, and other fields.

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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