Mountain Laurel

Past Producer in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10221418
MAS/MILS ID 0320070778
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain Laurel

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.01483, 41.7818 (WGS84)
Elevation 2100
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ungina Wongo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bull Run Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McDermitt(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Owyhee(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(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 Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 045 N 053 E 21 S2SE Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mountain City District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS MINE WAS SURVEYED FOR PATENT IN 1878 (MS 37) AND PATENTED IN 1882 (NO. 5337). U.S. BUR. MINES RECORDS INDICATE COPPER AND LEAD, MINOR GOLD-SILVER PRODUCTION IN 1940 AND 1941. THE SHAFT SHOWN ON THE UNGINA WONGO 7.5-MIN. TOPO MAP WAS OBLITERATED BY BULLDOZER WORK IN 1989. THERE ARE SEVERAL DUMPS AND CAVED ADITS AND RECENT LARGE BULLDOZER SCRAPES AND TRENCHES. SEE UNPUBLISHED DATA IN THE RIO GRANDE COPPER FILE (0320070051). INFORMATION SUGGESTS THE MOUNTAIN LAUREL PRODUCED HIGH GRADE GOLD AND SILVER FROM 1873 TO 1897, AMOUNT UNKNOWN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-OCT-1991 Schmauch, Steven W. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Nevada resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.