Lakeshore Mine

The Lakeshore Mine is a gold mine located in Clark county, Nevada at an elevation of 2,799 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Lakeshore Mine
Secondary: Utah Group

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Nevada
County: Clark
District: Gold Butte

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.
Administrative Organization: Lake Mead National Recreation Area

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Lakeshore Mining Co.
Info Year: 1940

Owner Name: Lakeshore Mining Co., O. W. Yates, A. W. Lawson, and Fred Gibson
Info Year: 1940

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein; Pluton-related
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Year First Production: 1934
Year Last Production: 1940
Discovery Year: 1934
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic veins

Orebody

Form: tabular

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Precambrian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Commodity): Ore Materials: gold

Comment (Commodity): Gangue Materials: quartz

Comment (Deposit): The deposit is a vein deposit. Ore occurs in a quartz vein 6 inches to 6 feet thick, averaging 2 feet, dipping 8 degrees, following the hanging wall side of a diabase dike.

Comment (Economic Factors): Production from 1934 to 1940 was estimated at $90,000 to$100,000. About 400 tons of ore were milled, and about 340 tons of ore were shipped to Utah for smelting. In 1938 there was a reported resource of 110,000 tons with assay value of 0.16 ounces of gold per ton, plus another 117,000 tons, with estimated grade of 0.15 ounces of gold per ton. 1940 reserves were reported as 240,000 tons of ore. The post-1940 reserve was reported as 100,000 tons grading 0.13 unces of gold per ton.

Comment (Identification): This records encompasses the area covered by earlier MRDS record M031059 and includes all material from that record.

Comment (Workings): The mine is developed by old underground workings including two inclined shafts, and an open pit.

Comment (Development): Production from 1934 to 1940 was estimated at $90,000 to$100,000. About 400 tons of ore were milled, and about 340 tons of ore were shipped to Utah for smelting. The property was idle in 1942, possibly mined out.

References

Reference (Deposit): Long, K.R., DeYoung, J.H., Jr., and Ludington, S.D., 1998, Database of significant deposits of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in the United States; Part A, Database description and analysis; part B, Digital database: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-206, 33 p., one 3.5 inch diskette.

Reference (Deposit): Gibson, 1938.

Reference (Deposit): Lawson, about 1940.

Reference (Deposit): Mott, 1940.

Reference (Deposit): Tingley, 1998.

Reference (Deposit): United States Bureau of Land Management, 1979.

Reference (Deposit): United States Bureau of Mines, 1995.

Reference (Deposit): United States Geological Survey, 1983.

Reference (Deposit): Zimmerman, 1940.

Reference (Deposit): Vanderburg, W. O., 1937 , Reconnaissance of Mining Districts in Clark Co., Us Bur. Mines Inf. Circ. 6964 , p. 34 - 35 .

Reference (Deposit): Longwell, C. R., Pampeyan, E. H., Bowyer, B., Roberts, R. J., 1965 , Geology and Mineral Deposits of Clark Co. Nev. Bur. Mines, Bull. 62 , p. 184 .

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.