USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Lander County
Lauritzen Mine
Unconfirmed Lead Underground
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Lander
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Lead
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Structure: Thrust Faults Nw-Striking Faults Deposit: Owned by lauritzen family-workings consist of 2 adits, 80 and 185 ft. Long. It was originally located about 1910 but has no recorded production ; info.src : 1 pub lit Deposit type: Polymetallic vei…
Additional documented workings
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Adit
— documented in 1 source record,
noting 185 ft long.
Mindat
View individual source records (3)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Adit
· length 185 ft
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: ructure: Thrust Faults Nw-Striking Faults Deposit: Owned by lauritzen family-workings consist of 2 adits, 80 and 185 ft. Long. It was…
- Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Underground · oper_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- commodity:Iron
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Sulfur
- commodity:Zinc
- Galena
- Jarosite
- Pyrite
- Sandstone
View all 10 reported minerals
- commodity:Iron
- commodity:Lead
- commodity:Sulfur
- commodity:Zinc
- Galena
- Jarosite
- Pyrite
- Sandstone
- Shale
- Sphalerite
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 430490
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (10)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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Nevada · Lander County
Unconfirmed Lead Past Producer
Historical mapped workings available