Searchlight District

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Iron, Vanadium, Tungsten
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001653
MRDS ID W002897
Record type District
Current site name Searchlight District
Alternate or previous names Duplex, Quartette Mines
Related records 10310513

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.91802, 35.46581 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Searchlight(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Davis Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Piute Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Iron Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) OXIDATION
  • (Local) SILICIFICATION

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.91802, 35.46581

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description GASH-TYPE FRACTURES FILLED WITH VEIN MATERIAL LATER BRECCIATED
Type of structure Regional
Structure description WNW VEINS; APOPHYSES OF QTZ MONZONITE. AREA UPLIFTED, DENUDED, INTRUDED

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lithology

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1897
Discoverer G. F. Colton
Year of first production 1898

Mining district

District name SEARCHLIGHT DISTRICT

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner LEASERS
    First year 1911

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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