The Look Out Mine is a copper and gold mine located in Esmeralda county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,400 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,400 Feet (1,646 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Gold
Lat, Long: 37.5975, -117.92889
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Look Out Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Look Out Mine
Secondary: Pigskin and Worthless Claims, Good Hope Mine?
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 1283
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Esmeralda
District: Good Hope (White Wolf) 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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Microfractures And Shears Cut Dikes
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Cambrian
Name: Mafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Workings): SHAFT FENCED OFF, LEACHING PONDS, ABUNDANT SURFACE WORKINGS., MILL; SMALL, COMPACT OPERATION
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Deposit): CONTACT BETWEEN LIMESTONE AND DIKE IS SHARP, ALMOST AS IF FISSURE FILLING. ASSOCIATED WITH DIKE ARE HEAVE FE-MN STAINS, DENSE GOSSAN ZONES, MINOR CO MINERALS
Comment (Geology): BEDDING IS NEAR VERTICLE, LOT BY CALCITE FRACTURE FILLING AND MINOR QUARTZ VENLETS.
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH/BENTZ, 1982, FIELD EXAMINATION, NBMG, SEPT. 25, 1982.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG BULL. 78, PL. 2
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.
