The Lauritzen Mine is a lead and zinc mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,100 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,100 Feet (2,164 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 40.62583, -117.12333
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Lauritzen Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lauritzen Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Sulfur
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Battle Mountain 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1910
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Basin And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: TABULAR, PODS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Thrust Faults
Type: L
Description: Nw-Striking Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Jarosite
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): 1/2 MILE N. OF LUCKY STRIKE MINE
Comment (Workings): 2 ADITS
Comment (Geology): PODS OF PYRITE, GALENA, AND SPHALERITE OCCUR IN THE SHEARED ZONE
Comment (Deposit): OWNED BY LAURITZEN FAMILY-WORKINGS CONSIST OF 2 ADITS, 80 AND 185 FT. LONG. IT WAS ORIGINALLY LOCATED ABOUT 1910 BUT HAS NO RECORDED PRODUCTION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R.J., AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. PROF PAPER 459-B
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.
