Lauritzen Mine

Occurrence in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Iron, Sulfur
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044031
MRDS ID M231349
Record type Site
Current site name Lauritzen Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.12428, 40.62573 (WGS84)
Elevation 2164
Relative position 11 MILES WSW OF TOWN OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Snow Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Winnemucca(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Humboldt(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(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 Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 032N 043E 22,27 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • 1/2 MILE N. OF LUCKY STRIKE MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Iron Tertiary
Sulfur Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Jarosite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

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 Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Rmony Formation
    Rock description Rmony Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.12428, 40.62573

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thrust Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw-Striking Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, PODS
    Strike N20-30W
    Dip 45-60SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lucky Strike Fault Zone; Shears

Comments on the geologic information

  • PODS OF PYRITE, GALENA, AND SPHALERITE OCCUR IN THE SHEARED ZONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1910
Discoverer Lauritzen(?)

Mining district

District name Battle Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 80.77M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OWNED BY LAURITZEN FAMILY-WORKINGS CONSIST OF 2 ADITS, 80 AND 185 FT. LONG. IT WAS ORIGINALLY LOCATED ABOUT 1910 BUT HAS NO RECORDED PRODUCTION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 La Pointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-1994 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) 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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