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Lovelock Mine

Past Producer in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Nickel, Cobalt, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10045365
MRDS ID M233074
Record type Site
Current site name Lovelock Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.91457, 39.99684 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bolivia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Edwards Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 025N 036E 34 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • A MILE UPSTREAM, TO WEST OF NICKEL MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Cobalt Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Brochantite Ore
Copper Ore
Erythrite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidized Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock
    Rock unit name Humboldt Gabbroic Complex
    Rock description Humboldt Gabbroic Complex
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.91457, 39.99684
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Year of first production 1875

Mining district

District name Table Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • MANY SHALLOW WORKINGS AND A SHAFT

Comments on development

  • THIS PROPERTY ACCOUNTED FOR MUCH OF THE DISTRICT'S EARLY PRODUCTION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FERGUSON, H.G., 1939, NICKEL DEPOSITS IN COTTONWOOD CANYON, CHURCHILL CO., NEV; NEV. UNIV. BULL. VOL. 33, NO. 3., GEOL. MIN SER. NO. 32.

  • Deposit

    WILLDEN, R., AND SPEED, R.C., 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL CO., NEV.; N.B.M.G. BULL.83.

  • Deposit

    CORNWALL, H.R., 1966, USGS BULL. 1223, P. 47-48

  • Production

    FERGUSON, H.G., 1939

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: LATE 1800'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-81 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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