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Lavina Mine

Past Producer in Clark county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103570
MRDS ID M031117
Record type Site
Current site name Lavina Mine
Related records 10197753

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.47834, 35.84472 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position 2 1/2 MILES W OF GOODSPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goodsprings(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mesquite Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ivanpah-Pahrump Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
024S 058E 21 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result SULFIDE-BEARING QTZ. VEINS SHOWED 0.4 OZ AU/TON AND 1.0 OZ AG/TON, & 3% CU. PORPHYRY WITH DISSEMINATED PYRITE CONTAINED LESS THAN .04 OZ AU/TON.

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 > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.47834, 35.84472
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Large Scale Overthrusts

Comments on the geologic information

  • DIKE WAS INTRUDED ALONG THE CONTACT THRUST WITH FORCED TONGUES IN UNDERNEATH BLOCK. MINERAL GROUP WAS UNCOMMON, AND WORKINGS REVEAL THE EXTENT AND RELATIONS OF ONE OF THE GRANITE PORPHYRY INTRUSIONS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Goodsprings

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 53.34M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HEWETT, 1931 , GEOLOGY & ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD,; USGS PROF. PAPER 162 P. 107 - 108 .

  • Deposit

    LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY & MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO. NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 62 .

  • Production

    LONGWELL, ETAL, 1965

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Harner, Joy L. (Roberts, Ralph J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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