The Sam. Loc. 944&945 is a copper and lead mine located in White Pine county, Nevada.
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Sam. Loc. 944&945 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sam. Loc. 944&945
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Robinson
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification & Oxidation
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Geology): ADITS NEAR SAM. LOC. 944 SEEM TO EXPLORE A LOW SE DIPPING REPLACED & SHEARED HORIZON IN LAMINATED, SLIGHTLY FETID. SANDY, GREY-BROWN XTALLINE LS MOST OF RK IS HIGHLY FRACTURED. SOME SILIC & SHOWS CALCITE VEINS. THE SHEARED RK. HAS FEOXS & CALCITE MIN. ON FRACTURES. THE RK ON THE DUMP IS MOSTLY SILIC LS WITH SM AMT. CUOXS & GALENA & SOME LS BRX CEMENTED WITH COARSE CALCITE. UP THE RD. IS A PROMINENT WHT. DUMP WHICH CAME FROM A 60 FT DEEP SHAFT. RK NEARBY IN OTCP. IS SILIC. JUGGY QTZ VEIN & SILIC LS. WITH RANDOM QTZ. VEINLETS FOUND ON DUMP. IN A PROSPECT JUST E OF THIS SHAFT A WELL EXPOSED N50E, 45NW SHEAR ZONE CUTS DK GREY LS. BRXINTION & REPLACED LS. IS EXPOSED ON THE HANGING WALL WHICH IS CUT BY A FEW SM. E-W FAULTS (SLICKS FOUND ON OTCP. ORIENTED E-W). SILIC & CALCITE VEINING ARE FOUND ON BOTH SIDES OF NE SHEAR. PODS OF CUOXDS. FOUND IN REPLACEMENT RK ON DUMP. CUOXS ALSO OCCUR IN CEMENTED OF LS BRX TIN QTZ VEIN ON DUMP
Comment (Development): SEVERAL SE STRIKING ADITS SEVERAL SM. PROSPECTS, 1 60 FT VERT SHAFT AND 1 15 FT DEEP SHAFT WITH WOOD FRAME & = 8 FT IN DIA. AT COLLAR
References
Reference (Deposit): OBSERVATION
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.
