Western Lock Prospect

The Western Lock Prospect is a gold and copper mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,250 feet.

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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: Western Lock Prospect
Secondary: Western Lock and Key Claims

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Battle Mountain District

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.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1875
Discovery Year: 1875
Discovery Method: Unknown
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

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR, LENSES

Structure

Type: R
Description: Antler And Dewitt Thrust Faults

Type: L
Description: Ne-Trending Faults

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Strong

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Cuprite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: ABOUT 1870'S

Comment (Deposit): THIS IS ONE OF THE OLD CLAIMS OFF THE SOUTH END OF DUVAL'S COPPER CANYON OPEN PIT MINE, EAST ORE BODY. IN 1912 IT WAS DEVELOPED BY A NUMBER OF OPEN PITS AND SHORT TUNNELS ON A SERIES OF SHORT LENS-LIKE BODIES OF COPPER OXIDE ORE. A SMALL PRODUCTION DURING 1870'S OCCURRED, AND IN 1953, 136 TONS ORE WERE SHIPPED CONTAINING 0.01 OZ AU 0.79 OZ AG AND 4.52% CU. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Location): ABOUT 1/2 MILES E OF COPPER CANYON MINE

Comment (Production): A SMALL AMOUNT OF PRODUCTION IN 1870'S, AND IN 1953, 136 TONS ORE WERE SHIPPED, CONTAINING 0.01 OZ/TON AU; 0.79 OZ/TON AG; AND 4.52% CU.

Comment (Development): ONE OF THE OLD CLAIMS OFF THE SOUTH END OF DUVAL'S COPPER CANYON OPEN PIT MINE, EAST ORE BODY. A SMALL PRODUCTION OCCURRED IN THE 1870'S AND IN 1953

Comment (Deposit): CHALCOPYRITE REPLACED SANDSTONE TO A LIMITED EXTENT IN VERTICAL FISSURES

Comment (Workings): OPEN PITS, SHORT TUNNELS

Comment (Geology): CHALCOPYRITE REPLACED SANDSTONE TO A LIMITED EXTENT

References

Reference (Deposit): HILL, J.M., 1915, SOME MINING DISTRICTS IN NE CALIFORNIA AND NW NEVADA: U.S.G.S. BULL 594

Reference (Deposit): STEWART, J.H., MCKEE, E.H., AND STAGER, H.K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA: NEV. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 88.

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.

Reference (Production): ROBERTS, R.J. AND ARNOLD, D.C., 1965.

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.