USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
Nevada · Lander County
Laurent Deposit
Unconfirmed Silver Underground
Key facts
- State
- Nevada
- County
- Lander
- Mining district
- Reese River District
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Silver
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
Sec 36 T19N R43E Structure: Fractures, Postmineral Faults Alteration: Oxidation Deposit: The vein in places breaks into irregular veinlets. Several roughly parallel veins are exposed in nearby cuts and inclines. Deposit type: Polymetallic veins Geo…
Additional documented workings
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Incline
— documented in 1 source record.
Mindat
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 7 shaft symbols
- 5 adit symbols
View individual source records (3)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Incline
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: laces breaks into irregular veinlets. Several roughly parallel veins are exposed in nearby cuts and inclines. Deposit type: Polymetal…
- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_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
Operators / organizations
- Laurent, Gus · Source-reported owner
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Ankerite
- Calcite
- Graphite
- Pyrite
- Quartz
- Rhodochrosite
- Argentite
- Cerargyrite
View all 32 reported minerals
- Ankerite
- Calcite
- Graphite
- Pyrite
- Quartz
- Rhodochrosite
- Argentite
- Cerargyrite
- Chalcopyrite
- Galena
- Proustite
- Pyrargyrite
- Sphalerite
- Stephanite
- Acanthite
- Ankerite
- Calcite
- Chalcopyrite
- Chlorargyrite
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Silver
- Galena
- Graphite
- Polybasite
- Proustite
- Pyrargyrite
- Pyrite
- Quartz
- Quartz-monzonite
- Rhodochrosite
- Sphalerite
- Stephanite
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped shaft symbols (7)
- mapped adit symbols (5)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 59764
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (18)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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