The Louie is a silver mine located in Lander county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Louie MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Louie
Secondary: Bonnie Jean
Secondary: Lovie
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Bullion
Land Status
Not available
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
Year First Production: 1910
Discovery Year: 1910
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
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
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Deposit In Upper Plate Of Roberts Mtn Thrust, In A Zone Of Numerous Imbricate Thrust Sheets.
Type: L
Description: High Angle Normal Faults Cut The Area & Trend Northwest
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Greenstone
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Greenstone
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): 1:62500 QUADRANGLE IS A 1949 EDITION
Comment (Deposit): THE PROSPECT WAS EXPLORED BY FOUR TUNNELS AND A SHAFT AT THE GULCH BELOW. PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1910 WAS ESTIMATED AT $300,000 MAINLY FROM NEAR SURFACE OXIDIZED SILVER ORE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1910 WAS ESTIMATED AT $300,000, MAINLY FROM OXIDIZED SILVER ORE CONTAINING SOME LEAD, GOLD AND COPPER.
Comment (Workings): 4 TUNNELS AND A SHAFT
Comment (Geology): THE OREBODY IS A FISSURE VEIN IN SILICEOUS SHALES AND QUARTZITE. THE LODE STRIKES N65E AND DIPS 20 TO 50 DEGREES SE. THE OXIDIZED ORE CONSISTS OF QUARTZ, FE OXIDES, CERARGYRITE, AND PB & CU CARBONATES. THE VALUES ARE PRINCIPALLY AG.
Comment (Deposit): FISSURE VEIN; OXIDIZED ORE
References
Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H. K. (1977) GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF LANDER CO. NEV, N.B.M. BULL 88
Reference (Deposit): USBM (WINNEMUCCA) MILS NO. 84, REFERENCE NO. 3201500127
Reference (Deposit): EMMONS, W. H. (1910) RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN ELKO, LANDER, & EUREKA COS., USGS BULL 408
Reference (Deposit): WRUCKE, C. T. (1974) GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TENABO AREA, LANDER CO NEV., USGS MAP MF-647
Reference (Production): STAGER, H. K., 1977
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.
