USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Clark County
Dawn Mine
Mindat Confirmed Lead Underground 1 mapped shaft 4 mapped adits
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Clark
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Lead
- Verification
- Mindat Confirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Sec 15 T23S R58E. Pb, Zn, Ag. Structure: Large Scale Overthrusting Extensive NW Trending Normal Fault 100 Ft. North Of The Shaft. Geology: Both stopes limited on one side by good walls trending N 40 E and dip 45 SE. Ore(s): Breccia Zone
Additional documented workings
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Adit
— documented in 2 source records.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features -
Shaft
— documented in 1 source record,
noting 100 ft.
Mindat -
Stope
— documented in 1 source record,
noting 100 ft.
Mindat
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 1 shaft symbol
- 4 adit symbols
- Adit : Cottonwood Pass , 1989
- Adit : Cottonwood Pass , 1989
View individual source records (6)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Adit
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field. -
Adit
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field. -
Shaft
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: , Ag. Structure: Large Scale Overthrusting Extensive NW Trending Normal Fault 100 Ft. North Of The Shaft. Geology: Both stopes limite… -
Stope
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: e Scale Overthrusting Extensive NW Trending Normal Fault 100 Ft. North Of The Shaft. Geology: Both stopes limited on one side by good…
- Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Underground · oper_type
Verification
Mindat Confirmed
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why confirmed?
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Anglesite
- Calamine
- Cerussite
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Silver
- commodity:Zinc
- Dolostone
- Galena
View all 11 reported minerals
- Anglesite
- Calamine
- Cerussite
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Silver
- commodity:Zinc
- Dolostone
- Galena
- Hemimorphite
- Hydrozincite
- Wulfenite
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped shaft symbols (1)
- mapped adit symbols (4)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 61554
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (11)
- underground workings
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