South Extension of Lazy Man Mine

Occurrence in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037458
MRDS ID M035311
Record type Site
Current site name South Extension of Lazy Man Mine
Alternate or previous names East Section 27 Prospects Nbmg # 3621

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.39317, 38.43631 (WGS84)
Elevation 1774
Relative position GARFIELD HILLS, 13 MI. SE OF HAWTHORNE WORKINGS ARE SOUTH OF THE GARFIELD FLAT ROAD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pamlico(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Walker Lake(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007N 032E 27 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • GROUP OF 6 PROSPECTS .5 MI. SE OF LAZY MAN MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Silver Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Dunlap Formation Cut Of The Aplite Dikes Silicified Gouge

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.39317, 38.43631

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 10 DEGREES
    Dip 35 DEGREES W
    Thickness 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Free Gold, Minor Silver And Pyrite

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: POSSIBLE SITE OF MAXINE CLAIMS REFER TO RECORD NO. M035317

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1933
Discoverer Ashby
Year of first production 1933

Mining district

District name Pamlico

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ernie Johnsn
    Home office Mina, Nev.
    First year 1966

Comments on the workings information

  • 10 INCLINES NUMEROUS PROSPECTS LIVING FACILITIES AND MILL FENCED AND IN OPERATION. ORIGINAL ASHBY GOLD MINE CONSISTED OF 6 UNPATENTED CLAIMS; THERE ARE MORE NOW. 2000 FEET OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS.

Comments on development

  • DISCOVERED IN 1933 BY ASHBY WHO OPERATED THE MINE FROM 1933 TO 1938. THE MINE IS PRESENTLY OPEN AGAIN. ; ECON.COM: 125,000 UP TO 1939

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TELLURIDE CLAIMS, PAMLICO MINING DISTRICT,MINERAL COUNTY, QUADE SITE VISIT 5-2-89, NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES).

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG,1937, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL COUNTY,NEVADA; USBM I.C. 6941 ROSS,D.C., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY NEVADA; USBM BULL.58.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUADE," THE INCLINE I SAMPLED WAS ALONG A FISSURE VEIN TO THE SOUTH OF THE MAIN WORKINGS. THE INCLINE WAS STUCK ON THE DIP-SLOPE AND THE SAMPLE WAS OF QUARTZ STRINGERS TAKEN FROM THE VEIN AND SILICIFIED GOUGE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1978 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1991 Marcus, S. (Doebrich, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

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