| Deposit ID | 10044031 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M231349 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Lauritzen Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.12428, 40.62573 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2164 |
| Relative position | 11 MILES WSW OF TOWN OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Lander |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 032N | 043E | 22,27 | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Sulfur | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Jarosite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Model code | 85 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 22c |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic veins |
| Mark3 model number | 46 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone |
| Rock unit name | Rmony Formation |
| Rock description | Rmony Formation |
| (1) | -117.12428, 40.62573 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Thrust Faults |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Nw-Striking Faults |
| General form | TABULAR, PODS |
|---|---|
| Strike | N20-30W |
| Dip | 45-60SW |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1910 |
| Discoverer | Lauritzen(?) |
| District name | Battle Mountain District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 80.77M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M231349 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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