The Los Amigos Mining Co is a copper and gold mine located in Mineral county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,601 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,601 Feet (2,012 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Gold
Lat, Long: 38.61333, -118.32028
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Los Amigos Mining Co MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Los Amigos Mining Co
Secondary: Los Amigos Mine
Secondary: NBMG Sample Site # 3643, #3644,#3645
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Mineral
District: Fitting
Land Status
Not available
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
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
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Comments
Comment (Workings): OLD ADITS, SHAFTS, NUMEROUS PROSPECTS, PITS AND TRENCHES WITH DOZER CUTS, ROADS AND DRILL-HOLES; RECENT WORK APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN WITHIN THE LAST FIVE YEARS. THE KNOB WAS THE SITE OF SEVERAL OLD SHAFTS WHICH WERE LATER CUT-OFF IN PART INTO A PAD FROM WHICH A PROMINENT ANGLE HOLE WAS DRILLED THROUGH THE STRUCTURE. FURTHER TO THE WEST, AND NEARER TO THE PLUG THAT FORMS INDIAN HEAD PEAK ARE THREE MAJOR WORKINGS HOSTED IN THE SAME ARGILLIC SILTSTONES. THE WORKINGS ARE SHALLOW AND SEEM TO BE DIRECTED AT SHEAR ZONES. TWO ORE BINS CONTAIN GOUGE AND MATERIAL TAKEN FROM THESE ZONES, MANY OF WHICH ARE STOPED THROUGH TO THE SURFACE AND NONE OF WHICH WERE DEEPENED.
Comment (Location): ESTIMATE LOCATION
Comment (Geology): A PROMINANT KNOB NE OF INDIAN HEAD PEAK HAS BEEN CIRCUMNAVIGATED BY ROADS EXPOSING 75-100 COPPER-BEARING STOCKWORK-LIKE VEINS. WORKINGS SEEM TO BE DIRECTED AT SHEAR ZONES.
Comment (Deposit): NMBG SAMPLE # 3643 WAS TAKEN FROM THE EXPOSED VEINS NEAR THE TOP OF THE KNOB. NBMG SAMPLE #3644 WAS TAKEN FROM EXPOSED SHALLOW SHEAR ZONES. NBMG SAMPLE # 3645 WAS TAKEN FROM A LINE OF VERY OLD SHALLOW ADITS THAT WERE DRIVEN ON VEINS HOSTED IN A GRAY-WHITE FELSIC UNIT ADJACENT TO A VERY OLD STONE CABIN. THE VEINS CONTAIN QUARTZ STRINGERS WITH GALENA. THE ONLY ROAD IS FROM THE EAST AND IS VERY BADLY WASHED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: SOME PRODUCTION BUT AMOUNT UNKNOWN.
Comment (Deposit): VEINS RANGE FROM A FEW INCHES TO SEVERAL FEET IN WIDTH AND ARE STEEPLY DIPPING AND MOSTLY BEAR NORTH.
References
Reference (Deposit): LOS AMIGOS MINE, FITTING DISTRICT, MINERAL COUNTY; QUADE, JACK, SAMPLE SITE VISIT 5/5/89; NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT 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.
