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Laurent Deposit

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045220
MRDS ID M232909
Record type Site
Current site name Laurent Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.09065, 39.4727 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lander(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Austin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Smith Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Reese(hydrologic unit)

Humboldt(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
019N 043E 36 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • CHOSE A POINT IN NORTHERN 1/2 SEC

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Proustite Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stephanite Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Graphite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Rhodochrosite Gangue
Polybasite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

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 Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.09065, 39.4727
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fractures, Postmineral Faults

Ore body information

  • Strike N60E
    Dip 60NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault And Joint Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZ LENSES ARE EXPOSED ALONG A DIKE TRENDING N30 E.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Reese River District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Laurent, Gus

Comments on the production information

  • LESS THAN $5000 WAS PRODUCED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 14.63M

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1937 THIS DEPOSIT HAD AN INCLINE THAT WAS 48 FT DEEP WITH AN AVERAGE INCLINATION OF 50 NW. A LITTLE MORE THAN 60 FT OF DRIFTS WERE DRIVEN FROM THE BOTTOM AND A SHORT DRIFT FARTHER UP THE INCLINE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 88.

  • Deposit

    ROSS, C.P., 1953, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE REESE RIVER DISTRICT, LAND ER COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 997.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE VEIN IN PLACES BREAKS INTO IRREGULAR VEINLETS. SEVERAL ROUGHLY PARALLEL VEINS ARE EXPOSED IN NEARBY CUTS AND INCLINES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 Flynn, Patricia Dodd Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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