The Lori Mine is a mercury mine located in Pershing county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,600 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,600 Feet (1,402 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 40.13056, -118.16639
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Lori Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lori Mine
Secondary: Lori No. 1
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Nevada
County: Pershing
District: Antelope Springs
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
Owner Name: Allen And Walter Brinkerhoff
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1912
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Hot-spring Hg
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Relief Fault (Thrust); Nw Normal Fault; Overturned Anticlinorium.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 8 TO 10 LB ORE
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Development): PRODUCTION YEAR1928-30, 1941-43, 1955-58
Comment (Location): ADJOINS PERSHING MINE TO THE SE
Comment (Production): INTERMITTENT TOTAL PRODUCTION
Comment (Geology): CINNABAR OCCURS AS DISSEMINATIONS IN SANDSTONE AND AS VEINLETS AND DISSEMINATIONS ALONG FRACTURES IN CONGLOMERATIC DOLOMI.
Comment (Deposit): LORI MINE IS LOCATED ON PERSHING RIDGE ALONG WITH PERSHING, MONTGOMERY AND EASTERN STAR MINES. THE RELATIVELY HIGH PERMEABILITY AND THE INTENSE FRACTURING OF THE CONGLOMERATE DOLOMITE ARE PROBABLE FACTORS INFLUENCING THE MERCURY MINERALIZATION. DISCOVERED 1912. PRODUCTION YEARS 1928-30, 1941-43, 1955-58. LOCATED AS PART OF THE PERSHING GROUP SOME PRODUCTION INCLUDED WITH PERSHING MINE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): CINNABAR OCCURS AS DISSEMINATIONS IN SANDSTONE AND AS VEINLETS AND DISSEMINATIONS ALONG FRACTURES IN CONGLOMERATIC DOLOMITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, M.G., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PERSHING COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL 89.
Reference (Deposit): SILBERLING AND WALLACE, 1969, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE STAR PEAK GROUP (TRIASSIC) AND OVERLYING LOWER MESOZOIC ROCKS, HUMBOLDT RANGE, NEVADA: USGS PP 592, P. 45
Reference (Deposit): HMES, 1965, MERCURY IN NEVADA; USBM 1C 8252, P. 248-249
Reference (Deposit): WALLACE, ETAL, 1959, PRELIM. GEOLOGIC MAP OF BUFFALO MTN QUAD., NEVADA: USGS MAP MF-220
Reference (Production): USBM UNPUB DATA
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.
