The Northern Light Mine is a copper mine located in Mineral county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Northern Light Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Northern Light Mine
Secondary: Chuckar #6 Claim
Secondary: Agai Claim Nbmg # 3792,3793,3794
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Mountain View District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Owner Name: Hyne, Marshall
Home Office: 10 Spence Lane, Yerrington, Nevada
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: 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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Calcite ,Gossan
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Antlerite
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Development): THE MINE SHIPPED ORE DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR AND IT LOOKS AS THOUGH LITTLE HAS HAPPENED SINCE. ; ECON.COM: NOT RECORDED
Comment (Workings): TWO SHAFTS AND SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF WORKINGS THREE SHAFTS, MANY ADITS OPEN STOPES, TRENCHING AND PROSPECTS. QUADE," I WOULD THINK THE SIZE OF THE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS ARE 5 TO 7 HUNDRED FEET RATHER THAN 200 FEET AS REPORTED BY ROSS." TWO INCLINES, 6 FEET APART.
Comment (Location): THE LAST MINE UP THE CANYON IS EASIER ON FOOT
Comment (Deposit): 2ND VEIN N 35 DEGREES W 3RD VEIN N 50 DEGREES W
Comment (Geology): OXIDIZEDORE CONTAINING MALACHITE, AZURITE, NATIVE CU, ANTLERITE, & CUPRITE WAS SHIPPING PRODUCT. REMAINING ORE IS CHIEFLY SHEARED LIMESTONE IMPREGNATED WITH PYRITE AND SOME CHALCOPYRITE AND BORNITE.
Comment (Deposit): 4FT. VEIN= LIMY SHALE,GOSSAN ZONE NEAR THE SURFACE TURNS TO CALCITE 6FT. VEIN= CRUSHED LIMESTONE AND CALCITE WITH REPLACEMENTS SAMPLE TAKEN FROM THE DUMPS # 3793 AND #3792 THIRD SAMPLE TAKEN FROM PROSPECT KNOWN AS AGAI CLAIM ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL COUNTY, NEVADA; NBMG BULL, 58
Reference (Deposit): TELLURIDE CLAIMS, HAWTHORNE MINING DISTRICT, MINERAL COUNTY, QUADE SITE VISIT6-13-89, NBMG UNPUBLISHED DISTRICT MINING FILES (TINGLEY 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.
