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Northern Lights Deposit

Producer in Lander county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044047
MRDS ID M231366
Record type Site
Current site name Northern Lights Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.02788, 40.60657 (WGS84)
Elevation 1661
Relative position 6 MILES WSW OF TWON OF BATTLE MOUNTAIN, NV.
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Lander

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 32N 44E 33 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED APPROX. 4000 FT. SOUTH OF SURPRISE MINE.; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = WINNEMUCCA (1971) 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcedony Gangue
Goethite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Jarosite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Pyritization, Argillization, Sericitization. See Geology Comments.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 172
USGS model code 26a
BC deposit profile E03
Deposit model name Carbonate-hosted Au-Ag
Mark3 model number 15

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Unknown
    Rock description Unknown
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Rock unit name Harmony Formation;Harmony Formation
    Rock description Harmony Formation;Harmony Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.02788, 40.60657
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Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Dewitt Thrust Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • The Intersections Of Two Steeply Dippng, Mineralized Structures Which Trend Nnw And Wnw Have Acted To Localize Higher Grade Ore.

Comments on the geologic information

  • ALTERATION COMMENTS: SILICIFICATION, PYRITIZATION, ARGILLIZATION, SERICITIZATION. AU MINERALIZATION IS ASSOCIATED WITH FINE-GRAINED SILICA (LOCALLY CHALCEDONIC) AND PYRITE REPLACING FORMERLY CALCAREOUS SILTSTONE AND SANDSTONE OF THE HARMONY FORMATION. EXTENSIVE BLEACHING AND ARGILLIZATION ARE BELIEVED TO BE CAUSED BY THE BREAKDOWN OF PYRITE AND LIBERATION OF SULFUR AS SULFATE TO FORM ACID-LEACH TYPE CONDITIONS. MONZONITE-GRANODIORITE PORPHYRITIC SILLS EXHIBIT STRONG ARGILLIZATION AND, LOCALLY, SERICITIZATION.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Battle Mountain

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Battle Mountain Gold Co.

Comments on the production information

  • PRE-1965 PRODUCTION: SHIPMENTS MADE FROM THIS PROPERTY ARE REPORTED TO HAVE CONTAINED 12%-13% CU, BUT THE TONNAGE IS NOT KNOWN.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1988
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.468 g/mt Gold Major 1988
    Silver Ag 6.494 g/mt Silver Major 1988

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 1988 RESERVES CALCULATED USING A STRIP RATIO OF 2:1.

Comments on the workings information

  • HISTORIC WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL SHALLOW PITS, SHORT ADITS, AND OPEN CUTS. THESE WORKINGS ARE, FOR THE MOST PART, NOW CAVED AND INACCESSIBLE.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M231366

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, R. J., AND ARNOLD, D. C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA, USGS PROF. PAPER 459-B.

  • Deposit

    STEWART, J. H., MCKEE, E. H., AND STAGER, H. K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LANDER COUNTY, NEVADA, NBMG BULL. 88.

  • Deposit

    SCHMIDT, K. W., WOTRUBA, P. R., AND JOHNSON, S. D., 1988, GOLD-SILVER AND RELATED MINERALIZATION AT COPPER BASIN, NEVADA, IN GOLD DEPOSITS OF NORTH CENTRAL NEVADA, SPECIAL PUBLICATION #8, THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA, RENO.

  • Production

    PRE-1965 CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION: ROBERTS, R. J., AND ARNOLD, D. C., 1965, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ANTLER PEAK QUADRANGLE, HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES, NEVADA, USGS PROF. PAPER 459-B.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-DEC-1992 Phinisey, J. D. (Marcus, S.) U.S. Geological Survey