USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Clark County
Puelz Mine
Source Corroborated Zinc Underground 1 mapped shaft 8 mapped adits
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Clark
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Zinc
- Verification
- Source Corroborated
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Sec 16 T25S R58E. Zn, Pb, Ag. Structure: Fredrickson Rift Zone (NW Belt Of Shearing). Puelz Thrust Marked By Broad Breccia Zone, Normal Faults Trending East And Dipping Steeply N. Geology: Ore minerals follo W brecciated zone parallel to the bedding…
Additional documented workings
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Adit
— documented in 2 source records.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 1 shaft symbol
- 8 adit symbols
- Adit : Goodsprings , 1989
- Adit : Goodsprings , 1989
View individual source records (4)
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.
- Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Underground · oper_type
Verification
Source Corroborated
Additional historical source evidence corroborates this record. This is not a member field verification of current conditions.
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
- Calamine
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Silver
- commodity:Zinc
- Dolostone
- Galena
- Hemimorphite
View all 10 reported minerals
- Calamine
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Silver
- commodity:Zinc
- Dolostone
- Galena
- Hemimorphite
- Hydrozincite
- Lamprophyre
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 (8)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 61588
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (10)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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