The Laurent Deposit is a silver mine located in Lander county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Laurent Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Laurent Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Reese River District
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Laurent, Gus
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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 And Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fractures, Postmineral Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrargyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Stephanite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Proustite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Graphite
Gangue: Ankerite
Gangue: Rhodochrosite
Unknown: Polybasite
Comments
Comment (Production): LESS THAN $5000 WAS PRODUCED.
Comment (Workings): IN 1937 THIS DEPOSIT HAD AN INCLINE THAT WAS 48 FT DEEP WITH AN AVERAGE INCLINATION OF 50 NW. A LITTLE MORE THAN 60 FT OF DRIFTS WERE DRIVEN FROM THE BOTTOM AND A SHORT DRIFT FARTHER UP THE INCLINE.
Comment (Geology): QUARTZ LENSES ARE EXPOSED ALONG A DIKE TRENDING N30 E.
Comment (Deposit): THE VEIN IN PLACES BREAKS INTO IRREGULAR VEINLETS. SEVERAL ROUGHLY PARALLEL VEINS ARE EXPOSED IN NEARBY CUTS AND INCLINES.
Comment (Location): CHOSE A POINT IN NORTHERN 1/2 SEC
References
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): ROSS, C.P., 1953, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE REESE RIVER DISTRICT, LAND ER COUNTY, NEVADA: USGS BULL. 997.
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.
