The Laurel Site is a gold and silver mine located in Humboldt county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,921 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,921 Feet (1,500 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 41.02167, -117.87694
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Laurel Site MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Laurel Site
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site 2950
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Humboldt
District: Ten Mile 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
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE 2950 FROM SEVERAL SHEAR ZONES ALONG THE WESR SIDE NEAR LAUREL SITE CONTAINS 7 % FE, 0.05 % MG, 0.05 % CA, 0.1 % TI, 100 PPM MN, 20 PPM AG, 1500 PPM AS, 70 PPM B, 1500 PPM BA, 1 PPM BE, 15 PPM CO, 15 PPM CR, 100 PPM CU, 50 PPM NI, 1000 PPM PB, 150 PPM SB, 20 PPM V, 15 PPM Y, 150 PPM ZR, AND 1.3 PPM AU (BY AA ANALYSIS).
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): BEST ACCESS IS FROM THE EAST, VIA THE PANSY LEE MINE. . INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): SIZE OF WORKINGS WOULD INDICATE SOME PROBABLE PAST PRODUCTION.
Comment (Deposit): SEDIMENTARY ROCKS HAVE BEEN CUT BY SHEARS OCCUPIED IN PART BY REDDISH GOUGE, SEDIMENTARY ROCK FRAGMENTS, AND BY MINOR QUARTZ VEINS AND STRINGERS. MINERALIZATION IS MUCH LESS OBVIOUS IN THIS PART OF THE CAMP THAN AT THE PANSY LEE MINE TO THE EAST.
Comment (Workings): LARGE SHAFTS AND ADITS ON VEINS IN SHEARS; PROSPECTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): QUADE, JACK, 9 JUN 85, NBMG FIELD EXAMINATION REPORT AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS.
Reference (Deposit): NBMG STAFF, 1985, NBMG OFR 85-2.
Reference (Deposit): WILLDEN, R., NBMG BULL 59.
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.
