The Laguna Group is a gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,699 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,699 Feet (1,737 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 37.72167, -117.21972
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Laguna Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Laguna Group
Secondary: Miss Jessie
Secondary: Last Chance
Secondary: Laguna Claims Later Part of Goldfield Cosolidated Mines Co. After
Secondary: 1906
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Goldfield 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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1903
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Orebody
Form: SEAM/TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Alunitization, Pyritization, Silicification
Rocks
Name: Latite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 21.250000+-0.750000
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Dacite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age in Years: 21.250000+-0.750000
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 21.250000+-0.750000
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age in Years: 21.250000+-0.750000
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: A SAMPLE OF SPHALERITE FROM THE MUSHETT LEASE RAN 1.8OZ/T AU, 7OZ/T AG AND 55.6% ZN.
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Bismuthinite
Ore: Famatinite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Alunite
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): ADJOINS WEST SIDE OF KEWANAS GROUP AND NORTH SIDE OF JUMBO GROUP. . UTM IS TO ONE SHAFT ON THE PROPERTY ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Workings): 560 FT SHAFT BY DEC, 1908, WITH LEVEL WORKINGS AT 130-FT, 275 FT, AND 350 FT. ALSO A 740-FT SHAFT ON THE HAZEL GOLDFIELD LEASE; A480-FT SHAFT ON THE MUSKETT LEASE-WITH SEVERAL LEVELS, AND A 420-FT SHAFT ON THE MOHAWK-RED TOP LEASE, ALL WITH MANY LEVEL WORKINGS AND STOPES. (FIVE FRIENDS LEASE)
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1903, 1904
Comment (Development): LAGUNA GOLDFIELD MINING CO. WAS INCORPORATED IN 1906, LATER TAKEN OVER BY GOLDFIELD CONSOLIDATED MINES CO. LATE IN 1906. PROBABLY LITTLE OR NO PRODUCTION IN AND OF ITSELF. FIVEFRIENDS LEASE AND HAZEL-GOLDFIELD LEASE WERE OPERATING HERE IN 1908 ON THE LAGUNA AND LAST CHANCE CLAIM, AND THE MUSHETT LEASE AND MOHAWK-RED TOP LEASE WERE OPERATING ON THE MISS JESSIE CLAIM
Comment (Deposit): LEDGES
Comment (Production): LESSEES PRODUCED ORE WITH GROSS VALUE OF $25,000 FROM 1904-1908. IN 1908, LESSEES ON THE HAZEL-GOLDFIELD LEASE OBTAINED $200-$300/TON ASSAYS AND WERE SHIPPING-SOME ORE. SOME HIGH-GRADE ORE FROM THE MUSHETT LEASE RAN $8000/TON
References
Reference (Deposit): SHAMBERGER, H.A., 1982, THE STORY OF GOLDFIELD; NEVADA HISTORICAL PRESS, CARSON CITY, NEVADA, 240 P.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG REPORT 33, P. 77-86.
Reference (Production): SHAMBERGER, 1982, P199. RASOME, F.L., (1908) P. 224
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.
