The Lavina Mine is a gold, silver, copper, and lead mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,400 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 4,400 Feet (1,341 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
Lat, Long: 35.84472, -115.47750
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Lavina Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lavina Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Goodsprings
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: Unknown
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Large Scale Overthrusts
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SULFIDE-BEARING QTZ. VEINS SHOWED 0.4 OZ AU/TON AND 1.0 OZ AG/TON, & 3% CU. PORPHYRY WITH DISSEMINATED PYRITE CONTAINED LESS THAN .04 OZ AU/TON.
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Geology): DIKE WAS INTRUDED ALONG THE CONTACT THRUST WITH FORCED TONGUES IN UNDERNEATH BLOCK. MINERAL GROUP WAS UNCOMMON, AND WORKINGS REVEAL THE EXTENT AND RELATIONS OF ONE OF THE GRANITE PORPHYRY INTRUSIONS.
References
Reference (Deposit): HEWETT, 1931 , GEOLOGY & ORE DEPOSITS OF GOODSPRINGS QUAD,; USGS PROF. PAPER 162 P. 107 - 108 .
Reference (Deposit): LONGWELL, C. R., PAMPEYAN, E. H., BOWYER, B., ROBERTS, R. J., 1965 , GEOLOGY & MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CLARK CO. NEV. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 62 .
Reference (Production): LONGWELL, ETAL, 1965
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.
