The Southern Light Mine is a silver mine located in Lander county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Southern Light Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Southern Light Mine
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
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: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Cambrian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYED AT $1608.95/TON IN 1864
Materials
Ore: Pyrargyrite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Polybasite
Ore: Proustite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Stephanite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Stibnite
Gangue: Pyrolusite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Ankerite
Gangue: Graphite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Rhodochrosite
Comments
Comment (Location): CHOSE A POINT IN W 1/2 SEC
Comment (Production): PRODUCED BETWEEN $5,000 TO $100,000.
Comment (Deposit): RETICULATE VEIN PATTERN WITH IRREGULAR ORE SHOOTS GENERALLY LESS THAN 100 FT LONG. THIS MINE LIES ON THE LARGE, STRONG SAVAGE VEIN, WITH AN AVERAGE WIDTH AND THICKNESS OF 18 IN.
References
Reference (Deposit): STEWART, F.H., MCKEE, F.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITSOF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL.88.
Reference (Deposit): HUGHES, H.H., 1955, CONFIDENTIAL REPORT ON AUSTIN, NEVADA PROPERTIES OF HERCULESMINING COMPANY (UNPUB): NBMG FILES.
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.
