Looney Mine

The Looney Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,499 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Looney Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2556

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Antimony

Location

State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Rochester District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1917
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2556, DUMP SELECT OF SERICITIZED RHYOLITE WITH SULFIDES, CONTAINS 0.5 % FE, 0.02 % MG, 50 PPM MN, 1000 PPM -AG, 6 PPM AU (BY AA ANALYSIS) 200 PPM B, 1 PPM BE, 300 PPM BI,- 10 PPM CR, 500 PPM CU, +20000 PPM PB, 1000 PPM SB, 10000 PPM -ZN.

Materials

Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Tourmaline
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Galena

Comments

Comment (Location): ON S SIDE OF ROCHESTER CANYON; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = UNIONVILLE (1954) 1:625000

Comment (Production): WORKED 1912-1920'S. PRODUCED ORE, BUT NO RECORDS.

Comment (Development): NO APPARENT ACTIVITY IN 1984.

Comment (Deposit): SEVERAL DECIMETERS WIDE QUARTZ-TOURMALINE-SULFIDE VEINS IN WEAVER FLOWS. QUARTZ VEIN ABOUT 0.3 M THICK IN RHYOLITE WHICH IS SERICITIZED, SOMEWHAT SCHISTOSE, AND TOURMALINIZED ADJACENT TO- THE VEIN.

Comment (Workings): THERE ARE NO OPEN STOPES SO APPARENTLY NO ORE WAS MINED NEAR THE SURFACE. ONE MAIN SHAFT, SEVERAL INCLINED SHAFTS

Comment (Geology): SEVERAL DECIMETERS WIDE QUARTZ-TOURMALINE-SULFIDE VEINS IN WEAVER FLOWS

Comment (Deposit): LOCATED IN 1917. THERE ARE NO OPEN STOPES SO APPARENTLY NO ORE WAS MINED NEAR THE SURFACE. THE VEINS WERE PROBABLY DEVELOPED FOR PRECIOUS METALS BUT NO GOLD OR SILVER MINERALS WERE OBSERVED IN THE ORE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

References

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL. 89

Reference (Deposit): VIKRE, P.G., 1978, GEOLOGY AND SILVER MINERALIZATION OF ROCHESTER DISTRICT, NEVADA; PH.D. THESIS, STANFORD UNIV.

Reference (Deposit): BONHAM, H. F., JR., 14 SEP 84, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.

Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-3.

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.