The Luning Gold Consolidated is a silver and gold mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,801 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 5,801 Feet (1,768 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 38.58583, -118.15778
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Luning Gold Consolidated MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Luning Gold Consolidated
Secondary: Idaho Group of Claims
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Santa Fe
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Complex System Of Normal Faulting
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limonitic
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Malachite
Unknown: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): 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.
Comment (Location): INCLUDES: CONNECTOR EXT., CEVITA EXT., IDAHO, IDAHO EXT., NOGALES EXT., TODD EXT., ABE LINCOLN EXT., ROBT. JR., OREGON, SOPHIE CLAIMS
Comment (Production): ACCURATE PRODUCTION ESTIMATES UNAVAILABLE
Comment (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.
Comment (Workings): IDAHO EXT.: SEVERAL CUTS, SHAFTS AND TUNNELS. NUMEROUS SHAFTS AND SURFACE EXPOSURES. CONSIDERABLE DEVELOPMENT SINCE 1910
References
Reference (Deposit): WETZEL, T.A., 1910 , REPORT ON THE IDAHO GROUP OF CLAIMS, UNPUBLISHED REPORT, NEV. BUREAU OF MINES FILE
Reference (Deposit): WETZEL, T.A., 1910, REPORT ON THE IDAHO GROUP OF CLAIMS: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY UNPUBLISHED REPORT.
Reference (Deposit): 1915 RECON HILL, J.M., BULLETIN 59
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
