Clark County, Nevada has 55,023 records of mining claims on public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management and 487 records of mines listed by the United States Geological Survey (USGS).
Quick Facts
- 55,023 records of mining claims on public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management.
- 3,046 active mining claims
- 51,977 closed mining claims
- 487 USGS records of mines in Clark County, Nevada.
- Gold , Silver , Copper , Lead , and Zinc mines located in Clark County, Nevada. See All
Mines Summary
in Clark County, Nevada
- 487 Total
- 73 Occurrences
- 161 Prospects
- 33 Plants
- 220 Producers
Clark County Mine Locations
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Recently Updated Mining Claims
Most recently updated claims in Clark.
Mining Claims (BLM)
Clark County, Nevada has 55,023 mining claims on public land listed in The Diggings™. Of these claims, 5.54% are active while 94.46% are now closed.
Quick BLM Facts
- 55,023 records of mining claims on public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management.
- 3,046 records of active mining claims
- 51,977 records of closed mining claims
Mine By Disposition
In Clark
| COUNTY | Authorized mines |
|---|---|
| closed | 51977 |
| active | 3046 |
Clark County, Nevada Trends Overview
January 2021 vs. January 2020
January 2021
January 2020
Net
Change
Opened Claims
0
1
1
100%
Opened Acres
0
20
20.65
100%
Transfered Claims
2
0
2
Transfered Acres
41
0
41.31
Located Claims
0
1
1
100%
Located Acres
0
20
20.65
100%
Mining Trends
Historic Mining Records (USGS)
Clark has 487 identified mines listed in The Diggings™. The most commonly listed primary commodities in Clark mines are Gold , Silver , and Copper . At the time these mines were surveyed, 73 mines in Clark were observed to have ore mineralization in an outcrop, shallow pit, or isolated drill hole—known as an occurance mine.1 Clark has 161 prospect mines.2 220 mines were in production at the time the data was entered into USGS records.
Quick USGS Facts
- 487 records of mines in Clark County, Nevada.
- 161 records of prospects
- 73 records of mineral occurrences of observable ore mineralization.
- 33 records of mining plants
- 220 records of mineral producers
Mine By Disposition
In Clark
| COUNTY | Authorized mines |
|---|---|
| Producers | 220 |
| Prospects | 161 |
| Occurrences | 73 |
| Plants | 33 |
1 Grade, tonnage, and extent of mineralization for such mines are unspecified.
2 Such mines have some degree of development such as surface trenching, adits, shafts, drill holes, geophysics, geochemistry, or geological mapping to estimate grade and tonnage.
Popular Public Lands & Regions
in Clark County, Nevada
Land TypeTotal ClaimsActive ClaimsClosed ClaimsActive AcresTotal MinesProspectsOccurrencesPlantsProducers
Toiyabe National Forest
National Forests
391
14
377
984.61
13
2
0
1
10
Muddy Mountains Wilderness
Wilderness Areas
18
7
11
144.62
0
0
0
0
0
Moapa River Indian Reservation
Indian Lands
77
10
67
50
0
0
0
0
0
Rainbow Mountain Wilderness
Wilderness Areas
29
1
28
20.66
0
0
0
0
0
Mormon Mountains Wilderness
Wilderness Areas
302
0
302
0
0
0
0
0
0
South McCullough Wilderness
Wilderness Areas
52
0
52
0
10
8
0
0
2
Wee Thump Joshua Tree Wilderness
Wilderness Areas
49
0
49
0
0
0
0
0
0
Lake Mead National Recreation Area
National Parks
44
0
44
0
30
10
9
2
9
Ireteba Peaks Wilderness
Wilderness Areas
32
0
32
0
2
0
0
1
1
North McCullough Wilderness
Wilderness Areas
27
0
27
0
1
1
0
0
0
Top Mining Districts
in Clark County, Nevada
StateTotal ClaimsActive ClaimsClosed ClaimsActive AcresTotal MinesProspectsOccurrencesPlantsProducers
Muddy Mountains-Overton Mining District
Nevada
986
977
9
21,760.51
26
4
6
2
14
Goodspring Mining District
Nevada
1,736
723
1,013
17,311.83
129
25
4
4
96
Crescent Mining District
Nevada
293
214
79
4,358.60
37
21
4
1
11
Slone Mining District
Nevada
295
182
113
4,138.54
29
6
15
0
8
Dike-Gass Peak Mining District
Nevada
301
160
141
3,386.43
7
2
2
0
3
Colorado-Eldorado Mining District
Nevada
123
82
41
2,519.79
54
15
10
7
22
Moapa Area
Nevada
100
72
28
1,440
8
0
2
4
2
Searchlight Mining District
Nevada
301
63
238
1,274.87
41
9
4
4
24
Camp Alunite-Las Vegas Mining District
Nevada
18
16
2
566.98
32
15
8
4
5
Charleston-Emerald Mining District
Nevada
33
30
3
507
10
4
0
0
6
Top Owners
in Clark County, Nevada
CityStateCategoryInterest RelationshipTotal ClaimsActive ClaimsClosed ClaimsActive Acres
Rubicon Explorer Co.
Reno
Nevada
Corporation
Claimant
696
696
0
14,379.36
Proximate Holdings Inc.
Henderson
Nevada
Corporation
Claimant
698
349
349
7,210.34
Covada LLC
Fort Collins
Colorado
Corporation
Claimant
526
292
234
6,032.72
Calportland Co.
Glendora
California
Corporation
Claimant
343
186
157
4,903.96
J R Simplot Co.
Overton
Nevada
Corporation
Claimant
129
129
0
2,565
Popular Towns, Cities, Etc.
in Clark County, Nevada
CountyStateTotal ClaimsActive ClaimsClosed ClaimsActive AcresTotal MinesProspectsOccurrencesPlantsProducers
Roach
Clark
Nevada
23,926
2,289
21,637
51,286.44
513
236
45
6
226
Jean
Clark
Nevada
20,880
1,576
19,304
36,822.97
300
105
27
5
163
Goodsprings
Clark
Nevada
18,708
1,465
17,243
34,584.99
267
88
22
4
153
Sandy Valley
Clark
Nevada
16,543
1,385
15,158
32,362.82
320
112
14
6
188
Laughlin
Clark
Nevada
14,397
1,372
13,025
29,596.09
337
35
144
8
150
Searchlight
Clark
Nevada
20,530
1,629
18,901
29,334.54
224
97
26
17
84
Blue Diamond
Clark
Nevada
15,554
1,189
14,365
27,379.79
165
34
18
4
109
Cal-Nev-Ari
Clark
Nevada
19,004
1,572
17,432
27,289.18
184
71
19
13
81
Dry Lake
Clark
Nevada
7,513
1,128
6,385
25,749.22
24
8
8
0
8
Glendale
Clark
Nevada
17,083
1,100
15,983
24,629.17
45
9
8
8
20
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