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St Lawrence Mine

Past Producer in White Pine county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold, Antimony, Tungsten, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037299
MRDS ID M031264
Record type Site
Current site name St Lawrence Mine
Alternate or previous names Part of the Pole Adit Mine
Related records 10174262

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.31001, 38.89856 (WGS84)
Relative position W SLOPE OF SNAKE RANGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

White Pine(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wheeler Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Garrison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lund(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spring-Steptoe Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada White Pine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 12N 68E 14 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • EST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES IN 1981 ASSAYED 0.01-24.8% PB
Result 0.2-2.9 OZ/T AG
Result WITH MINOR SB, CU, AU, W, ZN

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults, N Striking Fractures, E Striking Shear Zones

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike SE
    Dip S-30S

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE BODY IN NARROW VEINS OF CALCITE OR QUARTZ ALONG THE N AND E STRIKING FAULTS, IN THE UPPER BEDS OF THE FORMATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mount Washington (Lincoln)

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS, DOZER CUTS, PITS, TRAMWAY FROM CLIFF.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOSE, BLAKE, & SMITH 1976 GEO & MIN RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE CO. NEV., NEV BUREAU OF MINES & GEO. BULL 85.

  • Deposit

    STAGER, H.K., NBMG BULL IN PREPARATION ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1983, MILS DATA

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1983, OFR MLA 56-83

  • Production

    HOSE, 1976

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Giorgi, Albert John (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1984 La Pointe, D.D. (Tingley, J.V.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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