Southern Light Mine

The Southern Light Mine is a silver mine located in Lander county, Nevada.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Southern Light Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Lander

Elevation:

Commodity: Silver

Lat, Long: 39.49333, -117.06222

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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

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.