St Lawrence Mine

The St Lawrence Mine is a lead and silver mine located in White Pine 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

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Site Name

Primary: St Lawrence Mine
Secondary: Part of the Pole Adit Mine

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Zinc

Location

State: Nevada
County: White Pine
District: Mount Washington (Lincoln)

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic veins

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Faults, N Striking Fractures, E Striking Shear Zones

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: WITH MINOR SB, CU, AU, W, ZN
Analytical Data: 0.2-2.9 OZ/T AG
Analytical Data: SAMPLES IN 1981 ASSAYED 0.01-24.8% PB

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Geology): ORE BODY IN NARROW VEINS OF CALCITE OR QUARTZ ALONG THE N AND E STRIKING FAULTS, IN THE UPPER BEDS OF THE FORMATION

Comment (Location): EST

Comment (Workings): ADITS, DOZER CUTS, PITS, TRAMWAY FROM CLIFF.

References

Reference (Deposit): HOSE, BLAKE, & SMITH 1976 GEO & MIN RESOURCES OF WHITE PINE CO. NEV., NEV BUREAU OF MINES & GEO. BULL 85.

Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H.K., NBMG BULL IN PREPARATION ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF NEVADA.

Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1983, MILS DATA

Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1983, OFR MLA 56-83

Reference (Production): HOSE, 1976

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.