Lauritzen Mine

The Lauritzen Mine is a lead and zinc mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,100 feet.

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Mine Info

Name: Lauritzen Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Lander

Elevation: 7,100 Feet (2,164 Meters)

Commodity: Lead, Zinc

Lat, Long: 40.62583, -117.12333

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Lauritzen Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Lauritzen Mine


Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Sulfur


Location

State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Battle Mountain District


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

Type: Underground


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1910
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

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


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic veins


Orebody

Form: TABULAR, PODS


Structure

Type: R
Description: Thrust Faults

Type: L
Description: Nw-Striking Faults


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Jarosite
Ore: Pyrite


Comments

Comment (Location): 1/2 MILE N. OF LUCKY STRIKE MINE

Comment (Workings): 2 ADITS

Comment (Geology): PODS OF PYRITE, GALENA, AND SPHALERITE OCCUR IN THE SHEARED ZONE

Comment (Deposit): OWNED BY LAURITZEN FAMILY-WORKINGS CONSIST OF 2 ADITS, 80 AND 185 FT. LONG. IT WAS ORIGINALLY LOCATED ABOUT 1910 BUT HAS NO RECORDED PRODUCTION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT


References

Reference (Deposit): ROBERTS, R.J., AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA: U.S.G.S. PROF PAPER 459-B


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.