Lovelock Mine

The Lovelock Mine is a nickel mine located in Churchill county, Nevada at an elevation of 4,669 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

Name: Lovelock Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Churchill

Elevation: 4,669 Feet (1,423 Meters)

Commodity: Nickel

Lat, Long: 39.9964, -117.91310

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Lovelock Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Lovelock Mine
Secondary: Cottonwood Claims
Secondary: London and Liverpool Mines
Secondary: Mustang Nos. 1-4


Commodity

Primary: Nickel
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Cobalt


Location

State: Nevada
County: Churchill
District: Table Mountain


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin


Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Location): NOTE: NDMG BULL. 81 ERRONEOUSLY REPORTS THE LEGAL LOCATION OF THE COTTONWOOD CLAIMS AS SEC. 10, T. 22 N., R. 36 E. THE NICKEL MINE (0320010045) AND LOVELOCK MINE ARE IN T. 25 N., R. 36 E., IN SECS. 35 AND 34, RESPECTIVELY.


References

Reference (Deposit): NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 83, 1974, P. 84.

Reference (Deposit): NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 81, 1973, P. 18.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMM. PRELIM. RECONN. REPORT 3731.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMM. PRELIM. RECONN. REPORT 3308.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMM. PRELIM. RECONN. REPORT 3738.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 7093, 1940, P. 45-47.

Reference (Deposit): NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 32, 1939, 21 P.


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.