The Northern Lights Deposit is a gold and silver mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,449 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: 5,449 Feet (1,661 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.60667, -117.02694
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Northern Lights Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Northern Lights Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Battle Mountain
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
Owner Name: Battle Mountain Gold Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
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 & Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Carbonate-hosted Au-Ag
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Dewitt Thrust Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Pyritization, Argillization, Sericitization. See Geology Comments.
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Goethite
Gangue: Jarosite
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED APPROX. 4000 FT. SOUTH OF SURPRISE MINE.; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = WINNEMUCCA (1971) 1:250000
Comment (Workings): HISTORIC WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL SHALLOW PITS, SHORT ADITS, AND OPEN CUTS. THESE WORKINGS ARE, FOR THE MOST PART, NOW CAVED AND INACCESSIBLE.
Comment (Production): PRE-1965 PRODUCTION: SHIPMENTS MADE FROM THIS PROPERTY ARE REPORTED TO HAVE CONTAINED 12%-13% CU, BUT THE TONNAGE IS NOT KNOWN.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): 1988 RESERVES CALCULATED USING A STRIP RATIO OF 2:1.
Comment (Geology): ALTERATION COMMENTS: SILICIFICATION, PYRITIZATION, ARGILLIZATION, SERICITIZATION. AU MINERALIZATION IS ASSOCIATED WITH FINE-GRAINED SILICA (LOCALLY CHALCEDONIC) AND PYRITE REPLACING FORMERLY CALCAREOUS SILTSTONE AND SANDSTONE OF THE HARMONY FORMATION. EXTENSIVE BLEACHING AND ARGILLIZATION ARE BELIEVED TO BE CAUSED BY THE BREAKDOWN OF PYRITE AND LIBERATION OF SULFUR AS SULFATE TO FORM ACID-LEACH TYPE CONDITIONS. MONZONITE-GRANODIORITE PORPHYRITIC SILLS EXHIBIT STRONG ARGILLIZATION AND, LOCALLY, SERICITIZATION.
References
Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R. J., AND ARNOLD, D. C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA, USGS PROF. PAPER 459-B.
Reference (Deposit): STEWART, J. H., MCKEE, E. H., AND STAGER, H. K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA, NBMG BULL. 88.
Reference (Deposit): SCHMIDT, K. W., WOTRUBA, P. R., AND JOHNSON, S. D., 1988, GOLD-SILVER AND RELATED MINERALIZATION AT COPPER BASIN, NEVADA, IN GOLD DEPOSITS OF NORTH CENTRAL NEVADA, SPECIAL PUBLICATION #8, THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA, RENO.
Reference (Production): PRE-1965 CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION: ROBERTS, R. J., AND ARNOLD, D. C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA, USGS 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.
