The Lgcs Claims is a tungsten and silver mine located in Lyon county, Nevada.
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Mine Info
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Lgcs Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lgcs Claims
Secondary: NBMG # 4419
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lyon
District: Yerington
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Lawrence Goodhope, Combination Security
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: INTRUSIVE CONTACT,FAULT
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: The Contact System Has A Very Limited Skarn Zone But There Was Visible Scheelite Along The System.
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Location): QUAD SHEET LINCOLN FLAT 7-1/2
Comment (Development): OLDER WORKINGS WITH LATER DOZING IN AREA BUT NOT AT THIS SITE. ; ECON.COM: PRODUCTION UNKNOWN
Comment (Workings): TWO SHAFTS,TWO ADITS, AND PROSPECTS
Comment (Geology): AN ALMOST EAST-WEST CONTACT BERTWEEN SANDY-LIMEY,META-SEDIMENTS OF JURASSIC-TRIASSIC AGE AND GRANITE OF CRETACEOUS AGE.
Comment (Deposit): THE CROSS-CUTTING QUARTZ VEIN AND SOME OF THE LIMEY SEDIMENTS BOTH HAD SULFIDES.
References
Reference (Deposit): TELLURIDE CLAIMS,YERINGTON MINING DISTRICT,LYON COUNTY,QUADE VISIT SITE 7-12-89,NBMG UNPUBLISHED MINING DISTRICT FILES (TINGLEY FILES)
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.
