Lorraine Workings

The Lorraine Workings is a molybdenum mine located in Eureka county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,198 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

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Site Name

Primary: Lorraine Workings
Secondary: Mount Hope Mine
Secondary: Mt. Hope
Secondary: Mt. Hope Mine

Commodity

Primary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Cadmium

Location

State: Nevada
County: Eureka
District: Mount Hope 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

Type: Fee Ownership
Type: Federal Lease
Type: Located Claim

Workings

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: Exxon Minerals Co.
Company ID: 2601132
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: New York
Info Year: 1985

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Smelter
Plant Subtype: Hydromet
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1886
Discovery Year: 1870
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

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

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Smithsonite
Unknown: Pyrrhotite
Unknown: Molybdenite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Cerussite

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): LARGE LOW GRADE MOLYBDENUM DEPOSIT WOULD BE DEVELOPED BY AN OPEN PIT.

Comment (Location): MINE AND MILL FACILITIES ALSO LOCATED IN SECS. 12 & 13. T.22N, R.51E, AND SECS. 7, 8, 9, 18, 17, 16, 19, 20, AND 21, T.22N, R.52E. * * GENERAL LOCATION: 35 KM NORTHWEST OF EUREKA, NEVADA. . MILL: ON-SITE,PROPOSED,CONCENTRATOR-HYDROMETALLURGICAL CONV- ERSION PLANT PRODUCING MOLYBDIC ACID AND FERROMOLYBDENUM. PLAN HAS BEEN MODIFIED FOR FLOTATION PLANT ONLY

References

Reference (Deposit): ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. MOLY MARKET WILL DETER-

Reference (Deposit): NEAR EUREKA. MAR 14, 1983.

Reference (Deposit): ELKO DAILY FREE PRESS. EXXON PROPOSING LARGE MOLY MINE

Reference (Deposit): DIR, MAY 1983.

Reference (Deposit): DILLARD, G. EXXON STILL HAS HOPES FOR MOUNT HOPE. PAY-

Reference (Deposit): MISSALLATI, A.A. GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF MT. HOPE

Reference (Deposit): COUNTY, NEVADA. BUMINES RI 3928, 1946, 7 PP. AND PLATES.

Reference (Deposit): MATSON, E.J. EXPLORATION OF THE MOUNT HOPE MINE, EUREKA

Reference (Deposit): PROJECT IN PLANING STAGE; NO DECISION YET. FEB. 1985, P. 21.

Reference (Deposit): ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. EXXON'S MT. HOPE MOLY

Reference (Deposit): MINE STARTUP OF MOUNT HOPE. APR. 1983, P. 31.

Reference (Deposit): 10 V., 1984.

Reference (Deposit): IMPACT STATEMENT FOR THE MT. HOPE MOLYBDENUM PROJECT,

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL

Reference (Deposit): STANFORD UNIV. CA., 1973, 160 PP.

Reference (Deposit): MINING DISTRICT, EUREKA COUNTY, NEVADA. PH.D. THESIS,

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.