Lander Mine

The Lander Mine is a lead, silver, copper, and gold mine located in Lander 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

Name: Lander Mine  

State:  Nevada

County:  Lander

Elevation:

Commodity: Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold

Lat, Long: 40.33222, -116.70917

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Lander Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Lander Mine


Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold


Location

State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Bullion


Land Status

Not available


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

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


Structure

Type: R
Description: Deposit In Upper Plate Of Roberts Mtn Thrust In A Zone Of Numerous Imbricate Thrusts.

Type: L
Description: The Deposit Is Along The Gold Quartz Fault, On The Hanging Wall.


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician

Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION INCLUDES SOME COPPER

Comment (Deposit): VEIN/FAULT ZONE: ORE IS IN HANGING WALL

Comment (Workings): 2 ADITS

Comment (Deposit): THE PROPERTY IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF INDIAN CREEK DEVELOPMENT CONSIST OF TWO ADITS DRIVEN TOWARDS THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST


References

Reference (Deposit): STAGER, H.K. (1977) GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF LANDER CO, NEV, N.B.M. BULL 88

Reference (Deposit): WRUCKE, C.T. (1974) GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TENABO AREA, LANDER CO NEV, USGS MAP MF-647

Reference (Production): STAGER, H.K., (1977)


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.