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Lantern Project

Prospect in Pershing county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Selenium
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10310577
Record type Site
Current site name Lantern Project

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.64266, 40.74658 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position The prospect is located in the Scossa Mining District in Pershing County.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pershing(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Placerites(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eugene Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lovelock(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Pershing

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 033N 030E 06 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Selenium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Ore Materials: electrum, silver selenide minerals, aguilarite, naummanite.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Electrum Ore
Aguilarite Ore
Naumannite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Auld Lang Syne Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (oldest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.64266, 40.74658
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes

Mining district

District name Scossa District

Land status

Ownership category Private
Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Newmont Mining Corp.
    Year 2004
  • Type Operator
    Owner Quincy Resources Inc.

Comments on other economic factors

  • In 2004 the deposit had a reported shallow open-pit resource of 300,000 ounces of gold-equivalent.

Comments on development

  • Quincy Resources Inc. acquired the 2,500-acre Lantern property under a lease agreement with Newmont Mining Corp. and Platoro West Inc. Phase I exploration is anticipated to include approximately 10,000 feet of reverse circulation drilling. Previous exploration on the property has identified a 300,000 oz gold-equivalent shallow open-pit resource. Limited deep drilling has been conducted to date despite the fact that at least four high angle gold-bearing epithermal veins are known on the property; these veins trend north-northwest in the direction of the nearby Rosebud and Hycroft mines. The world-class Comstock district and Sleeper Mines are also located along the same trend. Epithermal veins present on the surface of the property have returned grab samples in excess of 0.5 opt gold. Although there has been virtually no targeted drilling for the feeder veins within the resource, one drill intercept did return better than 0.5 opt gold equivalent over 10 feet. Several other intercepts are noted in excess of 0.25 opt gold equivalent. Mineralization is present as electrum and in the silver selenide minerals augilarite and naummanite. These ore minerals are significant in that they are the primary ore minerals at Comstock, National, Midas and Delamar Idaho .

    Zonge Geoscience Inc. of Sparks , NV recently completed gradient array and IP surveys over a limited grid covering gold mineralized boulders of epithermal vein material exposed on the surface. As a result of these surveys, Quincy intends a limited drill program in early 2006 to test for mineralized feeder structures beneath the boulders exposed on the surface.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit There are at least four high angle gold-bearing epithermal veins known on the property; these veins trend north-northwest in the direction of the nearby Rosebud and Hycroft mines. Epithermal veins present on the surface of the property have returned grab samples in excess of 0.5 opt gold. Although there has been virtually no targeted drilling for the feeder veins within the resource, one drill intercept did return better than 0.5 opt gold equivalent over 10 feet. Several other intercepts are noted in excess of 0.25 opt gold equivalent. Mineralization is present as electrum and in the silver selenide minerals augilarite and naummanite.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-2006 LaPointe, D.D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Editor 01-SEP-2007 Schruben, Paul G. U.S. Geological Survey Converted from S&A FileMaker format to Oracle. Edit checks on rocks, units, and ages with Geolex search, and other fields.

Beyond USGS

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Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

  • Newmont Mining Corp. — renamed to Newmont Corporation (2019)
    Renamed from Newmont Mining Corporation to Newmont Corporation in early 2020 (after the 2019 merger with Goldcorp).

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