Lovelock

The Lovelock is a nickel and cobalt mine located in Churchill county, Nevada.

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

Name: Lovelock  

State:  Nevada

County:  Churchill

Elevation:

Commodity: Nickel, Cobalt

Lat, Long: 39.99667, -117.91222

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Lovelock MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Lovelock


Commodity

Primary: Nickel
Primary: Cobalt
Tertiary: Copper


Location

State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Table Mountain(Cottonwood Canyon)


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

Model Name: Limassol Forest Co-Ni


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Annabergite
Ore: Brochantite
Ore: Erythrite


Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESERVES UNKNOWN; STUDY NEEDED

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: IRREGULAR FRACTURES IN ALTERED GREENSTONE NEAR DIORITE INTRUSION. RATIO OF CU:CO:NI=15:1.6:1.0

Comment (Deposit): FERGUSON BELIEVED THAT THE NI-CO DEPOSITS ARE RELATED TO NEARBY GOLD AND TITANIUM DEPOSITS AND TO THE INTRUSIVE BODY OF DIORITE, AND THAT IN THE FINAL STAGE OF MINERALIZATION BY MAGMATIC SOLUTIONS, SULFIDES AND ARSENIDES OF NI, CO, AND CU WERE INTRODUCED ALONG SMALL FISSURES IN THE ALREADY ALTERED COUNTRY ROCK


References

Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H.G., 1939, UNIV. OF NEVADA BULL. VOL. 33, NO. 5

Reference (Deposit): CORNWALL, H.R., 1966, USGS BULL. 1223, P. 47-48

Reference (Production): REFERENCE(2)

Reference (Reserve-Resource): UNPUBLISHED COBALT REPORT


Nevada Gold

Gold Districts of Nevada

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.