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Luning Gold Consolidated

Past Producer in Mineral county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Iron
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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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037606
MRDS ID M035626
Record type Site
Current site name Luning Gold Consolidated
Alternate or previous names Idaho Group of Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.15873, 38.58575 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position APPROX. 5 MI. N - NE OF LUNING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Luning(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(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 008N 034E Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • INCLUDES: CONNECTOR EXT., CEVITA EXT., IDAHO, IDAHO EXT., NOGALES EXT., TODD EXT., ABE LINCOLN EXT., ROBT. JR., OREGON, SOPHIE CLAIMS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • IDAHO EXT.: CU MAJOR, SMALL SHOW AG, AU. OREGON: AU, AG, FE. SAME CROPPING EXTENDS THROUGH ROBT. JR. AND SANTA FE 1910 ASSAYS: IDAHO EXT. AG .5 TO 38 OZ. PER TON, AU .05 TO 0.3 OZ., CU 5 TO 23 PERCENT; IDAHO AG 10 TO 124 OZ., AU 0.2 TO 1.0 OZ., PB 17 TO 41 PERCENT; OREGON AG 2 OZ., AU 0.1 TO 0.3 OZ.; ABE LINCOLN AG 4 OZ. AU .28 OZ.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cuprite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Hematite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonitic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Rock unit name Qtz. Monzonite, Diorite
    Rock description Qtz. Monzonite, Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Luning Formation-Lmst
    Rock description Luning Formation-Lmst

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.15873, 38.58575
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Complex System Of Normal Faulting

Ore body information

  • Strike N 10 E
    Dip 60 - 85 E

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Associated With Fracture Faulted Systems Adjacent To And Within Limestone/Intrusive Contacts. Much Cu In Qtz. Monzonite Footwall

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Santa Fe

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • ACCURATE PRODUCTION ESTIMATES UNAVAILABLE

Comments on the workings information

  • IDAHO EXT.: SEVERAL CUTS, SHAFTS AND TUNNELS. NUMEROUS SHAFTS AND SURFACE EXPOSURES. CONSIDERABLE DEVELOPMENT SINCE 1910

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WETZEL, T.A., 1910 , REPORT ON THE IDAHO GROUP OF CLAIMS, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES FILE

  • Deposit

    WETZEL, T.A., 1910, REPORT ON THE IDAHO GROUP OF CLAIMS: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY UNPUBLISHED REPORT.

  • Deposit

    1915 RECON HILL, J.M., BULLETIN 59

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QTZ VEINS TRACEABLE FOR THOUSANDS OF FEET IN OUTCROP; STRIKE PARALLEL TO NEARLY 90 DEG. TO HOST FORMATION. AVE. WIDTH 1 TO 20 FT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) U.S. Geological Survey

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