Mine detail: Lovelock Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

39.99684, -117.91457

Resource(M)

Primary:	Nickel, Cobalt
Tertiary:	Copper
Ore:	Brochantite, Copper, Erythrite, Tetrahedrite
Discovery year:	1875

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1875

Geology

Host type:	Mafic Intrusive Rock,Gabbro,Mafic Volcanic Rock
Associated rock:	Humboldt Gabbroic Complex
Associated type:	Gabbro,Mafic Volcanic Rock
Alteration processes:	Oxidized Ore

References

MRDS	M233074
DEP	10045365
Reference	{Deposit:: FERGUSON, H.G., 1939, NICKEL DEPOSITS IN COTTONWOOD CANYON, CHURCHILL CO., NEV; NEV. UNIV. BULL. VOL. 33, NO. 3., GEOL. MIN SER. NO. 32.}{Deposit:: WILLDEN, R., AND SPEED, R.C., 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF CHURCHILL CO., NEV.; N.B.M.G. BULL.83.}{Deposit:: CORNWALL, H.R., 1966, USGS BULL. 1223, P. 47-48}
Reporter	La Pointe, D. D.