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Northern Light Mine

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10046126
MRDS ID M234093
Record type Site
Current site name Northern Light Mine
Alternate or previous names Chuckar #6 Claim, Agai Claim Nbmg # 3792,3793,3794

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.89458, 38.9088 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hussman Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Walker(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 012N 028E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • THE LAST MINE UP THE CANYON IS EASIER ON FOOT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Antlerite Ore
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cuprite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Calcite ,Gossan

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Excelsior
    Rock description Excelsior
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.89458, 38.9088
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 35 DEGREES W
    Dip 70 DEGREES NE
    Width 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • OXIDIZEDORE CONTAINING MALACHITE, AZURITE, NATIVE CU, ANTLERITE, & CUPRITE WAS SHIPPING PRODUCT. REMAINING ORE IS CHIEFLY SHEARED LIMESTONE IMPREGNATED WITH PYRITE AND SOME CHALCOPYRITE AND BORNITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Mountain View District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hyne, Marshall
    Home office 10 Spence Lane, Yerrington, Nevada

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHAFTS AND SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF WORKINGS THREE SHAFTS, MANY ADITS OPEN STOPES, TRENCHING AND PROSPECTS. QUADE," I WOULD THINK THE SIZE OF THE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS ARE 5 TO 7 HUNDRED FEET RATHER THAN 200 FEET AS REPORTED BY ROSS." TWO INCLINES, 6 FEET APART.

Comments on development

  • THE MINE SHIPPED ORE DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR AND IT LOOKS AS THOUGH LITTLE HAS HAPPENED SINCE. ; ECON.COM: NOT RECORDED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL, 58

  • Deposit

    TELLURIDE CLAIMS, HAWTHORNE MINING DISTRICT, MINERAL COUNTY, QUADE SITE VISIT6-13-89, NBMG UNPUBLISHED DISTRICT MINING FILES (TINGLEY FILES).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 4FT. VEIN= LIMY SHALE,GOSSAN ZONE NEAR THE SURFACE TURNS TO CALCITE 6FT. VEIN= CRUSHED LIMESTONE AND CALCITE WITH REPLACEMENTS SAMPLE TAKEN FROM THE DUMPS # 3793 AND #3792 THIRD SAMPLE TAKEN FROM PROSPECT KNOWN AS AGAI CLAIM ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit 2ND VEIN N 35 DEGREES W 3RD VEIN N 50 DEGREES W

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1981 Royse, Sue E. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
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.

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