The Labrador Deposit is a gold and silver mine located in Lander county, Nevada at an elevation of 5,899 feet.
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
Elevation: 5,899 Feet (1,798 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 40.62278, -117.02944
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Labrador Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Labrador Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Lander
District: Battle Mountain District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Battle Mountain Gold Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
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 & Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Skarn Cu
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Nne- And Wnw-Trending High Angle Normal Faults; Surprise Fault.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Skarn. See Geology Comments.
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Diopside
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): 1988 RESERVES CALCULATED USING A STRIP RATIO OF 2.5:1.
Comment (Location): PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = WINNEMUCCA (1971) 1:250000
Comment (Geology): ALTERATION COMMENTS: PROGRADE GARNET+DIOPSIDE SKARN IS PARTIALLY REPLACED BY A RETROGRADE ASSEMBLAGE OF CHLORITE, QUARTZ, CALCITE, AND MINOR EPIDOTE. GEOLOGY COMMENTS: A QUARTZ-FELDSPAR PORPHYRY DIKE IN THE PIT IS CUT BY GARNET+PYROXENE VEINLETS. THIS DIKE HAS CHARACTERISTICS OF OTHER TERTIARY DIKES IN THE AREA, THEREFORE ALTERATION AND AU DEPOSITION LIKELY ARE TERTIARY.
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHMIDT, K. W., WOTRUBA, P. R., AND JOHNSON, S. D., 1988, GOLD-COPPER SKARN AND RELATED MINERALIZATION AT COPPER BASIN, NEVADA, IN GOLD DEPOSITS OF NORTH CENTRAL NEVADA, SPECIAL PUBLICATION #8, THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA, RENO
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.
