Nevada · Clark County
Past Producer

Houghton Mine

Clark County, Nevada, United States
Zinc
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Commodities
PrimaryZinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Ore controlPermeability Of Limestone
Materials
Ore mineralsCalamine, Hydrozincite, Smithsonite
Geology
Host rockLimestone
StructureNorth Westerly Belt Of Shearing (Fredrickson Rift Zone), Verticle & Near Verticle Fractures Cross Workings Trending Nw To Ne
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10037220
MRDS IDM031112
Alternate namesVictory Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.77167, -115.44084
References
ALBRITTON AND OTHERS, 1954 , GEOLOGIC CONTROLS OF PB AND ZN DEPOSITS IN GOODSPRINGS DISTRICT,; USGS BULL 1010 P. 103 - 105 .LONGWELL, ETAL, 1965